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	Another of Sheriff Hartman's deputies carries an unidentified revolver when confronting Earl Williams.		Another of Sheriff Hartman's deputies carries an unidentified revolver when confronting Earl Williams.
	[[Image:FrontPage31-copRev2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Earl Williams is cornered in a rolltop desk.]]		[[Image:FrontPage31-copRev2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Earl Williams is cornered in a rolltop desk.]]

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	==Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector, ~~1st~~ Model ~~"Triple Lock"~~==		==Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector, 2nd Model ==
	Sheriff Peter B. "Pinky" Hartman ([[Clarence Wilson]]), the ineffective sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, carries a large-framed revolver that appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector Series#44 Smith & Wesson ~~1ST~~ Model ~~"Triple Lock"~~ (~~1907~~-~~1915~~)\|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, ~~1st~~ Model ~~"Triple Lock"~~]]. He hands the revolver to the visiting "alienist" who, in turn, gives it to Earl Williams ([[George E. Stone]]) when asking him to reenact his crime. Williams takes it with him when he escapes, after which it is also handled by Hildy Johnson ([[Pat O'Brien]]) and Walter Burns ([[Adolphe Menjou]]) before it is returned to Sheriff Hartman.		Sheriff Peter B. "Pinky" Hartman ([[Clarence Wilson]]), the ineffective sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, carries a large-framed revolver that appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector Series#44 Smith & Wesson 2ND Model (1915-1940)\|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, 2nd Model]]. He hands the revolver to the visiting "alienist" who, in turn, gives it to Earl Williams ([[George E. Stone]]) when asking him to reenact his crime. Williams takes it with him when he escapes, after which it is also handled by Hildy Johnson ([[Pat O'Brien]]) and Walter Burns ([[Adolphe Menjou]]) before it is returned to Sheriff Hartman.
	[[Image:~~Smith_and_Wesson_Hand_Ejector_1845~~.jpg\|thumb\|400px~~\|none~~\|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, ~~1st Model "Triple Lock"~~ - .44 S&W Special]]		[[Image:HE2ndTarget.jpg\|thumb\|none\|400px\|Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector 2nd Model, Target Configuration - .44 S&W Special]]
	[[Image:FrontPage31-SWrev1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Earl Williams holds Sheriff Hartman's revolver.]]		[[Image:FrontPage31-SWrev1.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Earl Williams holds Sheriff Hartman's revolver.]]
	[[Image:FrontPage31-SWrev2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Sheriff Hartman with his revolver now returned to him.]]		[[Image:FrontPage31-SWrev2.jpg\|thumb\|none\|500px\|Sheriff Hartman with his revolver now returned to him.]]

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	'''''The Front Page''''' is an American Pre-Code screwball comedy adapted from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's popular Broadway play that drew on their experience as reporters in Chicago. The film stars [[Pat O'Brien]] as swaggering ''Chicago Tribune'' reporter Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson and [[Adolphe Menjou]] as his editor, Walter Burns. It would be remade in 1940 as ''His Girl Friday'' with [[Cary Grant]] and [[Rosalind Russell]] and in 1974 as ''The Front Page'' with [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Walter Matthau]].		'''''The Front Page''''' is an American Pre-Code screwball comedy adapted from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's popular Broadway play that drew on their experience as reporters in Chicago. The film stars [[Pat O'Brien]] as swaggering ''Chicago Tribune'' reporter Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson and [[Adolphe Menjou]] as his editor, Walter Burns. It would be remade in 1940 as ''His Girl Friday'' with [[Cary Grant]] and Rosalind Russell and in 1974 as ''The Front Page'' with [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Walter Matthau]].

	{{Film Title\|The Front Page}}		{{Film Title\|The Front Page}}

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{{Infobox Movie
|name = The Front Page
|picture = FrontPage31-Poster.jpg
|caption = ''The Front Page'' (1931)
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] USA
|director = Lewis Milestone
|date= 1931
|studio= United Artists
|character1= Walter Burns
|actor1= [[Adolphe Menjou]]
|character2= Hildy Johnson
|actor2= [[Pat O'Brien]]
|character3= Peggy Grant
|actor3= [[Mary Brian]]
|character4= Roy V. Bensinger
|actor4= [[Edward Everett Horton]]
|character5= Jimmy Murphy
|actor5= [[Edward Catlett]]
|character6= Earl Williams
|actor6= George E. Stone
}}
'''''The Front Page''''' is an American Pre-Code screwball comedy adapted from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's popular Broadway play that drew on their experience as reporters in Chicago. The film stars [[Pat O'Brien]] as swaggering ''Chicago Tribune'' reporter Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson and [[Adolphe Menjou]] as his editor, Walter Burns. It would be remade in 1940 as ''His Girl Friday'' with [[Cary Grant]] and [[Rosalind Russell]] and in 1974 as ''The Front Page'' with [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Walter Matthau]].

{{Film Title|The Front Page}}
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=Handguns=

==Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model "Triple Lock"==
Sheriff Peter B. "Pinky" Hartman ([[Clarence Wilson]]), the ineffective sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, carries a large-framed revolver that appears to be a [[Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector Series#44 Smith & Wesson 1ST Model "Triple Lock" (1907-1915)|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model "Triple Lock"]]. He hands the revolver to the visiting "alienist" who, in turn, gives it to Earl Williams ([[George E. Stone]]) when asking him to reenact his crime. Williams takes it with him when he escapes, after which it is also handled by Hildy Johnson ([[Pat O'Brien]]) and Walter Burns ([[Adolphe Menjou]]) before it is returned to Sheriff Hartman.
[[Image:Smith_and_Wesson_Hand_Ejector_1845.jpg|thumb|400px|none|Smith & Wesson .44 Hand Ejector, 1st Model "Triple Lock" - .44 S&W Special]]
[[Image:FrontPage31-SWrev1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Earl Williams holds Sheriff Hartman's revolver.]]
[[Image:FrontPage31-SWrev2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Sheriff Hartman with his revolver now returned to him.]]

==Colt Official Police==
One of Sheriff Hartman's deputies appears to be carry a [[Colt Official Police]] when searching for Earl Williams at the press office.
[[Image:ColtOP4.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt Official Police - 4" Barrel - .38 Special]]
[[Image:FrontPage31-copRev1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Burns watches as a deputy holds his revolver, likely a Colt Official Police, on a rolltop desk.]]

==Unidentified Revolver==
Another of Sheriff Hartman's deputies carries an unidentified revolver when confronting Earl Williams.
[[Image:FrontPage31-copRev2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Earl Williams is cornered in a rolltop desk.]]

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