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The Front Page 1931 Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them All are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams When Wil

Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935 Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off his first in twenty five years to go to a wrestling match He tells his boss that he must attend his mother in laws funeral The afternoon is no joy He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up ge

Blessed Event 1932 Al Roberts writes a gossip column for the Daily Express He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit He gets into a little difficulty with a hood named Goebel who sends Frankie to talk to Alvin But Al has the confession of Frankie on cylinders so Frankie b

Charlie Chan in Paris 1935 Charlies visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond forgery racket But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for bankers daughter Yvette, climaxes with

I Escaped from the Gestapo 1943 A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang