Product: The Front Page [VHS] (1974)
Rating: 5.0
Outstanding
I totally disagree with Mr. Fine's review above. I think this movie is excellent entertainment. It's well done and very funny. Matthau, Lemon, Gardenia, Burnette are all great in this. Walter Matthau comes across as very conniving. Lemon is genuine and convincing as someone who has conflicting (unbeknownst to him) feelings about leaving the press business. Gardenia is great as the little Napoleon of the Sheriff's department. Burnette is just superb as always. The 1931 is very good as well, just in a different way. But I don't associate any special magic with it. This version stands capably on its own.