The Front Page (1974)

Taglines:

It's the hottest story since the Chicago Fire... And they're sitting on it.

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 December 1974 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Spéciale première See more »

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$15,000,000 (USA) (1 January 1976)

Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »

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Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

Walter Burns' idea for Hildy Johnson to surreptitiously snap a death photo of Earl Williams' execution by strapping a camera to his ankle with the shutter release in his pocket actually happened. On January 12, 1928 (over 18 months before the Ben Hecht - Charles MacArthur play [i]The Front Page[/i] opened), murderers Ruth Brown Snyder and her lover, Henry Judd Gray, were executed in Sing Sing's electric chair for the murder of the Ruth's husband, Albert Snyder, the previous year. At the moment of Ruth Snyder's electrocution, Tom Howard, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune using a one-use camera strapped to his leg to snap a notorious picture of Ruth in the chair. The camera used is now part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. In another film irony, the story of Snyder and Gray case was also used as the basis for the James M. Cain novel later made into the classic Double Indemnity, also directed by Billy Wilder. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: The girls at the mayor's favorite cat house know him as The Green Hornet, after the radio superhero. The Green Hornet did not air until 1936, and The Front Page is set in the year 1929. See more »

Quotes

Walter Burns: Get back in there, you God Damned Turtle!
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Connections

References Some Like It Hot (1959) See more »

Soundtracks

"Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine"
Lyrics by Irving Kahal, Willie Raskin
Music by Sammy Fain See more »