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|caption = ''The Front Page'' (1931) | |caption = ''The Front Page'' (1931) | ||
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] USA | |country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] USA | ||
|director = Lewis Milestone | |director = [[Lewis Milestone]] | ||
|date= 1931 | |date= 1931 | ||
|studio= United Artists | |studio= United Artists | ||
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|actor6= George E. Stone | |actor6= George E. Stone | ||
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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 | '''''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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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
==Smith & Wesson 44 Hand Ejector, | ==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 | 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: | [[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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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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[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:B&W]] | [[Category:B&W]] | ||
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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 following weapons were used in the film The Front Page:
Handguns
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, 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.
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.
Unidentified Revolver
Another of Sheriff Hartman's deputies carries an unidentified revolver when confronting Earl Williams.
