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The front page / Howard Hughes presents Lewis Milestone's production ; the Caddo Company ; directed by Lewis Milestone.
Annenberg Circulation Desk DVD PS3515.E18 F72 2007
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Synergy archive series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964--Film adaptations.
- Hecht, Ben.
- Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.
- MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956.
- Capital punishment.
- Journalists.
- MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956--Film adaptations.
- MacArthur, Charles.
- Journalists--Drama.
- Capital punishment--Drama.
- Escapes--Drama.
- Escapes.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Synergy Entertainment, 2007.
- System Details:
- DVD-R.
- digital
- optical
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Earle Williams, a convict about to be executed, escapes, throwing the Criminal Court Building into chaos. Newspaper reporters attempt to "scoop" the story by holding Williams in a roll top desk in the press room.
- Participant:
- Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Walter Catlett, George E. Stone.
- Credits:
- Photography, Glen MacWilliams ; film editor, W. Duncan Mansfield ; adaptation by Bartlett Cormack ; additional dialogue by Charles Lederer.
- Notes:
- Originally released as motion picture in 1931.
- Based on the book of the same title by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.
- "From the play as produced by Jed Harris."
- OCLC:
- 233209209
- Publisher Number:
- 883629183206
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