The Girl on the Front Page
The Girl on the Front Page is a 1936 American comedy crime film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart and Reginald Owen.[1]
| The Girl on the Front Page | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
| Produced by | Robert Presnell Sr. Charles R. Rogers |
| Written by | Marjorie Chanslor Roy Chanslor Harry Clork Alice D. G. Miller George Owen Austin Parker Albert R. Perkins |
| Starring | Edmund Lowe Gloria Stuart Reginald Owen |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
| Cinematography | Milton R. Krasner |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | September 27, 1936 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Synopsis
After inheriting a newspaper from her father, the socialite Joan Langford clashes with the managing editor Hank Gilman. He is a hard-bitten newsman who resents her interference in the running of the paper. Disguising herself as an aspiring young journalist, she gets a job at the paper. Although Gilman is in fact well aware of who she is and assigns her to very difficult assignments to convince her that the newspaper business is not for her. However she eventually gains his respect, and together they thwart an attempt at blackmail by Langford's British butler who is revealed to be the head of a society of criminal servants.
Main cast
- Edmund Lowe as Hank Gilman
- Gloria Stuart as Joan Langford
- Reginald Owen as Archie Biddle
- Spring Byington as Mrs. Langford
- Gilbert Emery as Thorne
- David Oliver as Flash
- Robert Gleckler as Bill
- Phillip Trent as Edward
- Maxine Reiner as Annette
References
- Gates p.106-7
Bibliography
- Gates, Phillipa. Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film. SUNY Press, 2011.