"The Front Page" (1931) (1 Viewer)

[David Grove]

I'm interested in "The Front Page" (1931). I'd like to view it and "His Girl Friday" back to back, some evening.

So far as I can tell, there are two (PD only) releases of this title on DVD: Madacy and reelclassicdvd.com.

Comments at amazon.com suggest that, as may be expected, the Madacy release is atrocious.

Is anyone familiar with the quality of the reelclassicdvd.com release?

Thank you.

DG

 

[Eric Peterson]

I recorded this off of TCM earlier this year, and their print is pretty atrocious also, so I wouldn't put much faith in the Reeclassics version being any better. I felt that many of the jokes went over my head because the sound was so bad, and I had to struggle to hear the dialogue.

I realize that this is a PD title, but whoever owns this should put out a decent release. There certainly must be better elements in a vault somewhere, and this is most certainly a historically important film.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Chances are, the Reel Classic DVD version is better.