The Girl on the Front Page
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The Girl on the Front Page

A HARD BOILED NEWSPAPERMAN TAKES SOCIETY INTO CAMP!

7.0 / 10 1936 1h 15mNR English
DramaComedy

Storyline

The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.

Cast & Crew

Edmund Lowe

Edmund Lowe

Hank Gilman

Lead
Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Joan Langford

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Archie Biddle

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Mrs. Langford

Gilbert Emery

Gilbert Emery

Thorne

David Oliver

David Oliver

Flash

Robert Gleckler

Robert Gleckler

Bill

Phillip Trent

Phillip Trent

Edward

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Harry Beaumont's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. The Girl on the Front Page is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker