NEWSPAPER MELODRAMA

Evening Star, Issue 21010, 26 January 1932, Page 9

NEWSPAPER MELODRAMA

■ THE FRONT PAGE 1 FOR THE OCTAGON Howard Hughes, youthful producer, of ‘The Front Page,' a melodrama of.i the newspaper world, which will be j commenced at the Octagon Theatre on; Friday next, is unique m that he has i never turned out an unsuccessful pic-j ture. lii fact, every film which he has made since he entered the picture business four years ago has been a, box-1 office success. ‘Two Arabian Nights,'j his initial"venture, won the award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ] and Sciences for the “ best comedy ”• j three years ago, and reaped praise' from critics and public wherever shown.,a ‘ The Racket.’ his next,' also won ani award from the academy, and the “ ten j best ” productions of 1929. Hughes isj probably best know, however, for his"' ‘ Hell’s Angels,’ the spectacular air picture in which he poured £1,000,000 of his vast fortune, and which took ' three years to complete. ' j His newest presentation, ‘ The Front j Page,’ is said to excel all his past of- j fenngs from the standpoint of sheer 1 entertainment. This is a bold, reckless tale of newspaper reporters, and; bristles with melodrama', hilarious humour, and daring dialogue. ‘The Front Page ’ is taken from the stage play by Ben Hecht and Charles Mae Ar-1 thur, ex-Chicago newspapermen. Lewis Milestone, director of ‘All Quiet on! the Western Front,’ the prize-winning: motion picturo_ of 1930, is ' responsible for the direction, and Bartlett Cor-j mack, author of ‘ The Racket,’ and another former Chicago newspaperman, wrote the screen treatment. Adolphe ' Menjou, Pat O’Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Slim Somerville,Walter Catlett, Frank M'Hiigh, George E. Stone, and other distinguished players compose the cast.