The Girl on the Front Page
A HARD BOILED NEWSPAPERMAN TAKES SOCIETY INTO CAMP!
NR 1936 · 75 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Comedy
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
Directed by Harry Beaumont · Written by Roy Chanslor
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Edmund Lowe Hank Gilman -
Gloria Stuart Joan Langford -
Reginald Owen Archie Biddle -
Spring Byington Mrs. Langford -
Gilbert Emery Thorne -
David Oliver Flash -
Robert Gleckler Bill -
Phillip Trent Edward - M Maxine Reiner Annette
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Sylvia Andrew Cook - R Ralph Brooks Nightclub Patron
- E Earl Eby Young Man
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