Press Photo The Front Page-O'Brien, Johnson, Lemmon, Matthau - cvp99961

Then and Now, when the Ben Hecht, Charles MacArtur stage hit The Front Page was first filmed by Hollywood in 1930, the stars were Pat O'Brien as the Chicago Examiner's fast talking reporter Hildy Johnson, Adolphe Menjou in the role of crusty managing editor Walter Burns and Dick Alexander as arresting officer Jacobi. In the new screen version of the newspaper drama, Jack Hammon is Hildy, Walter Matthau is Burns and Cliff Osmond is the policeman who puts handcuffs on them.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated --none.



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