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Front Page (The) (Blu-ray) (1931)
The Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur Broadway hitDirector: Lewis Milestone
OVERALL: Draw-
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Film Historian Bret Wood
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Extras:1937 Radio Adaptation (58:45)
1946 Radio Adaptation (31:45)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "His Girl Friday"
New interview with film scholar David Bordwell about His Girl Friday (25:05)
Archival interviews with His Girl Friday director Howard Hawks (10:27)
Featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, actor Rosalind Russell, and the making of His Girl Friday
- On Assignment: His Girl Friday (8:47)
- Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook (3:23)
- Funny Pages (3:28)
- Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop (3:14)
Radio adaptation of His Girl Friday from 1940 (59:29)
Teaser (1:23)
Trailer (2:50)
DISC TWO
* The Film
New piece about the restoration of The Front Page (24:01)
New piece about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht (25:43)
Radio adaptation from 1937 (58:45)
Radio adaptation from 1946 (31:42) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:2016 4K digital restoration.
Includes an insert featuring essays on His Girl Friday and The Front Page by film critics Farran Smith Nehme and Michael Sragow. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by Film Historian Bret Wood
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Extras:1937 Radio Adaptation (58:45)
1946 Radio Adaptation (31:45)
"On Film Preservation: The Library of Congress" featurette (7:16) -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "His Girl Friday"
New interview with film scholar David Bordwell about His Girl Friday (25:05)
Archival interviews with His Girl Friday director Howard Hawks (10:27)
Featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, actor Rosalind Russell, and the making of His Girl Friday
- On Assignment: His Girl Friday (8:47)
- Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook (3:23)
- Funny Pages (3:28)
- Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop (3:14)
Radio adaptation of His Girl Friday from 1940 (59:29)
Teaser (1:23)
Trailer (2:50)
DISC TWO
* The Film
New piece about the restoration of The Front Page (24:01)
New piece about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht (25:43)
Radio adaptation from 1937 (58:45)
Radio adaptation from 1946 (31:42) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:2016 4K digital restoration.
Includes an insert featuring essays on His Girl Friday and The Front Page by film critics Farran Smith Nehme and Michael Sragow. -
Have you spotted a mistake in these specifications? If so, let us know via our forums. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "His Girl Friday"
New interview with film scholar David Bordwell about His Girl Friday (25:05)
Archival interviews with His Girl Friday director Howard Hawks (10:27)
Featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, actor Rosalind Russell, and the making of His Girl Friday
- On Assignment: His Girl Friday (8:47)
- Howard Hawks: Reporter's Notebook (3:23)
- Funny Pages (3:28)
- Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop (3:14)
Radio adaptation of His Girl Friday from 1940 (59:29)
Teaser (1:23)
Trailer (2:50)
DISC TWO
* The Film
New piece about the restoration of The Front Page (24:01)
New piece about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht (25:43)
Radio adaptation from 1937 (58:45)
Radio adaptation from 1946 (31:42) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:2016 4K digital restoration.
Includes an insert featuring essays on His Girl Friday and The Front Page by film critics Farran Smith Nehme and Michael Sragow. -
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OVERALL: Draw
The US, Canadian and UK Criterion releases have the recently discovered director's preferred cut while the US Kino Lorber release has the alternate foreign market theatrical cut, with differing exclusive extras.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Theatrical cut for foreign markets, Library of Congress preservation print (100:45)
- Blu-ray A His Girl Friday America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - original US theatrical cut, director Lewis Milestone’s preferred version (101:08).
- Blu-ray A Canada- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Theatrical cut for foreign markets, Library of Congress preservation print (100:45)
- Blu-ray A His Girl Friday Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts - original US theatrical cut, director Lewis Milestone’s preferred version (101:08).
- Blu-ray B His Girl Friday United Kingdom- Criterion Collection - No cuts - original US theatrical cut, director Lewis Milestone’s preferred version (101:08).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 03/08/15
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 20/02/24UPDATE LOG:
03/08/15: Initial entry.
Please ensure you read our disclaimer.
14/12/16: Addition of Criterion.
26/12/18: Added UK Criterion.
21/02/24: Added Canada x2.
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