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On the Front Page (1926)

After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a plan: the butler will be seen in a comprimising situation with the countess, and then photographed. The countess, who is sick of reporters, has other ideas... Written by Paul L

Genres: Comedy, Short
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.1920s, imdb.tabloid-journalism, imdb.rag-newspaper, imdb.sensationalism, imdb.gossip-column, imdb.journalist + 67 more, imdb.countess, imdb.butler, imdb.scandal, imdb.mansion, imdb.newspaper, imdb.hal-roach, imdb.two-reeler, imdb.newspaper-publisher, imdb.vamp, imdb.spray-perfume, imdb.compromising-situation, imdb.comedy-of-errors, imdb.yellow-press, imdb.chased-by-police, imdb.scandalous-behavior, imdb.character-s-photograph-appears-in-a-newspaper, imdb.son-working-for-father, imdb.sleeping-on-the-job, imdb.news-scoop, imdb.reference-to-sappho, imdb.reference-to-salome, imdb.letter-opener, imdb.cigarette-holder, imdb.pedicure, imdb.man-kisses-a-man, imdb.man-carries-another-man, imdb.top-hat, imdb.speeding, imdb.motorcycle-cop, imdb.fur-stole, imdb.reference-to-santa-claus, imdb.sprayed-with-seltzer-water, imdb.spider-web, imdb.swallowing-an-object, imdb.man-wears-a-nightshirt, imdb.footstool, imdb.throwing-object-through-window, imdb.man-wears-boxer-shorts, imdb.undressing, imdb.driverless-car, imdb.motorcycle-car-crash, imdb.thrown-from-a-moving-vehicle, imdb.man-afraid-of-women, imdb.desperation, imdb.false-identity, imdb.dressing-someone, imdb.scheme, imdb.flower-delivery, imdb.teaching-someone-a-lesson, imdb.turning-the-tables, imdb.pratfall, imdb.stumbling-over-something, imdb.embrace, imdb.telephone-call-from-a-phone-booth, imdb.telephone-call-to-the-police, imdb.clothes-torn-off, imdb.falling-down-a-fire-escape, imdb.running-down-the-middle-of-a-street, imdb.leaving-house-without-pants, imdb.knocking-down-a-door, imdb.mistaken-identity, imdb.paperboy, imdb.name-in-banner-headline-of-newpaper, imdb.golf-club, imdb.plan-gone-wrong, imdb.hitting-the-wrong-person, aspectratio.1-33-1
Production companies: Hal Roach Studios

Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English

Runtime: 23 min.
Released: Nov. 28, 1926
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 7+
poster

On the Front Page (1926)

After being beaten to a story of scandal involving Countess Polasky, James W. Hornby assigns his son 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess. After spending the night in the wrong street looking for the wrong countess, he comes up with a plan: the butler will be seen in a comprimising situation with the countess, and then photographed. The countess, who is sick of reporters, has other ideas... Written by Paul L

Genres: Comedy, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.1920s, imdb.tabloid-journalism, imdb.rag-newspaper, imdb.sensationalism, imdb.gossip-column, imdb.journalist + 67 more, imdb.countess, imdb.butler, imdb.scandal, imdb.mansion, imdb.newspaper, imdb.hal-roach, imdb.two-reeler, imdb.newspaper-publisher, imdb.vamp, imdb.spray-perfume, imdb.compromising-situation, imdb.comedy-of-errors, imdb.yellow-press, imdb.chased-by-police, imdb.scandalous-behavior, imdb.character-s-photograph-appears-in-a-newspaper, imdb.son-working-for-father, imdb.sleeping-on-the-job, imdb.news-scoop, imdb.reference-to-sappho, imdb.reference-to-salome, imdb.letter-opener, imdb.cigarette-holder, imdb.pedicure, imdb.man-kisses-a-man, imdb.man-carries-another-man, imdb.top-hat, imdb.speeding, imdb.motorcycle-cop, imdb.fur-stole, imdb.reference-to-santa-claus, imdb.sprayed-with-seltzer-water, imdb.spider-web, imdb.swallowing-an-object, imdb.man-wears-a-nightshirt, imdb.footstool, imdb.throwing-object-through-window, imdb.man-wears-boxer-shorts, imdb.undressing, imdb.driverless-car, imdb.motorcycle-car-crash, imdb.thrown-from-a-moving-vehicle, imdb.man-afraid-of-women, imdb.desperation, imdb.false-identity, imdb.dressing-someone, imdb.scheme, imdb.flower-delivery, imdb.teaching-someone-a-lesson, imdb.turning-the-tables, imdb.pratfall, imdb.stumbling-over-something, imdb.embrace, imdb.telephone-call-from-a-phone-booth, imdb.telephone-call-to-the-police, imdb.clothes-torn-off, imdb.falling-down-a-fire-escape, imdb.running-down-the-middle-of-a-street, imdb.leaving-house-without-pants, imdb.knocking-down-a-door, imdb.mistaken-identity, imdb.paperboy, imdb.name-in-banner-headline-of-newpaper, imdb.golf-club, imdb.plan-gone-wrong, imdb.hitting-the-wrong-person, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production companies: Hal Roach Studios

Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English

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Runtime: 23 min.
Released: Nov. 28, 1926
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 7+

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