The Front Page Comments

  • Elouise 2023-09-24 02:27:56

    The ending was so unexpected, it was the finishing touch. Wouldn't it be better to have Jack Lemmon in One, Two, Three? James Cagney tells Billy's lines, which makes people feel breathless, or Jack Lemmon is more suitable, the overall story is average, but many details are quite...

  • Daphney 2023-09-22 11:58:03

    The fact that such a wonderful story can take place in a prison office shows the screenwriter's skills, and the inclination of career and life is also in line with mainstream values. The introduction to the media and the prison system is somewhat rigid, but this is precisely the source of the film's conflict and comedy . The editor-in-chief's last move caught people off guard. A classic of a...

  • Jakob 2023-09-13 04:08:21

    Practice the bomb theory for half an hour and add one star to the ending. I rarely pay attention to the actors' acting skills, but the male lead can only be said to be an old...

  • Kenyatta 2023-08-31 01:33:42

    4.5; a solid remake of His Girl Friday by the magical trio of Wilder, Lemmon, and...

  • Michael 2023-08-26 23:40:49

    News, politics, romance, comedy, farce. The first good show I watched in 2018. Really interesting. To fully expose the profound themes and let the contradictory realities and conflicting worlds manifest themselves, the creators simply hide behind the scenes and the audience is brought into the talking film. The victory of the Bolsheviks, journalism ethics, professional ethics, human concern. Dostoevsky also always bestows the light of humanity on prostitutes. Occupations do not represent...

  • Idell 2023-08-23 07:37:33

    3.5. Changed to the boss to destroy the relationship between the male subordinate and his fiancée, it is more evil and evil, but it can better understand the workaholic's hatred of iron and steel. It is also more enjoyable to watch this version of the boss, Walter Marsh, ordering people to write headlines for news reports and criticizing reporters'...

  • Lowell 2023-08-15 21:43:46

    After mocking everyone in the play, is news moral? The partner's love is also inexplicably strong, and the scene of lighting the cigarette can be a little more...

  • Vita 2023-08-08 03:00:33

    A remake of "Girlfriend Friday", and also after "The Upside Down Ace", Wilder's another work featuring a reporter as the protagonist and exposing the inside story of the media industry, but this time he also aimed his gun at the political circles and the police. (If the mayor is any more human, the sheriff is a complete buffoon). Compared with the shrewd and cunning Douglas, Lemmon is like an old fritter who has been in the press for many years, with a keen sense of news like a hound (while his...

  • Ethel 2023-08-02 19:53:17

    This is true comedy! Ingenious story design, poignant irony everywhere (this time, the guns are aimed at the unscrupulous media and black-hearted politicians), and the performances are full of sparks. The core scenes are all unfolded in one room, which shows the difficult scheduling. Of course, there is also the classic reversal of Billy Wilder at the end. Jack Lemmon is such a talented comedian, his rhythm and directing style have come together perfectly. Young Susan Sarandon was a rare sight....

  • Rachael 2023-07-30 12:24:30

    Billy Wilder, a journalist from 8.0/10, once again satirized the media industry. The level of this "Friends Friday" is still good, but it's a pity that it is a little old-fashioned. In the 1970s, this brilliant and powerful belonged to New Hollywood In the age of , the brilliance will naturally be...

Extended Reading

The Front Page quotes

  • Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: Tell me, Mr. Williams, were you unhappy as a child?

    Earl Williams: Not really. I had a perfectly normal childhood.

    Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: I see. You wanted to kill your father and sleep with you mother.

    Earl Williams: [to Sheriff Hartman] If he's gonna talk dirty ...

    Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: When you were in grammar school, did you practice self-abuse?

    Earl Williams: No, sir. I don't believe in it. I would never abuse myself or anybody else. I love people. I love all people.

    'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: I suppose that cop committed suicide!

    Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: Let us get back to masturbation. Did your father ever catch you in the act?

    Earl Williams: Oh, my father was - was never home. He was a conductor on the Chicago-Northwestern.

    Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer: Very significant. Your father wore a uniform, just like that policeman. And when he pulled out that gun, an obvious phallic symbol, you thought he was your father, and he was going to use it to hurt your mother.

    Earl Williams: [to Sheriff Hartman] He's crazy.

  • 'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: Sorry to break in, Sheriff, but we've located Williams. This time, for real.

    'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: Where?

    Officer Jacobi: On North Wabash, at the offices of the Friends of American Liberty. One of our patrols spotted him in the alley.

    'Honest Pete' Hartman Sheriff of Clark County: All right. Get every available man. Seal off the whole area. But remember, God damn it, I want him taken alive!

    Officer Jacobi: Check.