The Front Page
Friday, Apr 3, 2020 2:00 PM
Directed by Lewis Milestone
USA | 1931 | 98 mins
Restored in 2016 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. Elements for this restoration provided by The Howard Hughes Corporation, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Fine Arts, Department of Film and its Howard Hughes Collection at the Academy Film Archive.
Post screening discussion with Jim Welch and Greg Guma, moderated by Mitch Wertlieb
Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s 1928 play is one of the most durable comedies in the American repertory and Lewis Milestone’s 1931 brash and brisk screen adaptation deserves a place of pride alongside it.