The Girl on the Front Page

The Girl on the Front Page
Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Marjorie Chanslor Roy Chanslor Harry Clork Alice D. G. Miller George Owen Austin Parker Albert R. Perkins
Produced by	Robert Presnell Sr. Charles R. Rogers
Starring	Edmund Lowe Gloria Stuart Reginald Owen
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 27, 1936 (1936-09-27)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Girl on the Front Page is a 1936 American comedy crime film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Edmund Lowe, Gloria Stuart and Reginald Owen. It was produced and distributed by Hollywood major Universal Pictures.

Plot

After inheriting a newspaper from her father, the socialite Joan Langford clashes with the managing editor Hank Gilman. He is a hard-bitten newsman who resents her interference in the running of the paper. Disguising herself as an aspiring young journalist, she gets a job at the paper. Although Gilman is in fact well aware of who she is and assigns her to very difficult assignments to convince her that the newspaper business is not for her. However she eventually gains his respect, and together they thwart an attempt at blackmail by Langford's British butler who is revealed to be the head of a society of criminal servants.

Main cast

• Edmund Lowe as Hank Gilman
• Gloria Stuart as Joan Langford
• Reginald Owen as Archie Biddle
• Spring Byington as Mrs. Langford
• Gilbert Emery as Thorne
• David Oliver as Flash
• Robert Gleckler as Bill
• Phillip Trent as Edward
• Maxine Reiner as Annette

Bibliography

• Gates, Phillipa. Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film. SUNY Press, 2011.

External links

• The Girl on the Front Page at IMDb