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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 286, 29 August 1931, Page 19

Should a.man die in time to get a good break in the morning papers? Several of the reporters in “The Front Page,” a new United-Artists’ film, thinks so. Others ;riot ’so callous, may have other opinions, but in any event, “The • Front Page” provides thrill after thrill, with a man’s neck at stake, and is one of the great dramas of this decade. The stage play ran for nearly a year on Broadway. Pat O’Brien, a newcomer to the screen, plays the role of Hildy Johnson, the brilliant and irresponsible reporter who tries to turn "respectable” but cannot Adolphe Menjou reveals ' himself in quite a different type of role as the hard-boiled but suave managing editor who refuses to let a good reporter get away from him. Mary‘Brian ie the leading woman. .

Elissa Landi’s desire for a heavy, emotional film role will be realised when she begins work in 'Wicked,” Gordon Rigby’s story of an Innocent woman who is sent to gaol as an accomplice. Her baby is born in prison, the State takes it away, and she leaves prison a marked woman. She kidnaps her own baby and from there the story proceeds to a higher climax. Victor McLaglen will have the leading male role In this new Fox film. Anna May Wong returned to Hollywood to appear In Paramount’s “Daughter of the Dragon,” with an English accent, which she was forced to acquire for her work on the London stage.