The Girl on the Front Page

The Girl on the Front Page

A HARD BOILED NEWSPAPERMAN TAKES SOCIETY INTO CAMP!

1936•1h 15m•7.0/10

DramaComedy

Ratings

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7.0/10(3)

The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.

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Production

Universal Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Edmund Lowe

Edmund Lowe

Hank Gilman

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Joan Langford

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Archie Biddle

Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Mrs. Langford

Gilbert Emery

Gilbert Emery

Thorne

David Oliver

David Oliver

Flash

Robert Gleckler

Robert Gleckler

Bill

Phillip Trent

Phillip Trent

Edward

Maxine Reiner

Annette

Sylvia Andrew

Sylvia Andrew

Cook

Ralph Brooks

Nightclub Patron

Earl Eby

Young Man

Jack Egan

Jack Egan

Reporter

Edythe Elliott

Mrs. Stokes

Desmond Gallagher

Reporter

Jack Gardner

Reporter

Frances Gregg

Cook

Leyland Hodgson

Leyland Hodgson

Elevator-Rider

Frank Holliday

Telegraph Editor

J. Anthony Hughes

J. Anthony Hughes

Nelson

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