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Some weaknesses, but overall a decent film.
dir. Michael
Curtiz at Warner
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| Not quite an "A" film, but better than typical Warners
"B" output, FRONT PAGE WOMAN is the story of a female reporter (Bette
Davis) trying to make it in a man’s world. She makes a bet with her
significant other and fellow reporter (though for a rival paper) George
Brent that she can beat him on a story about a society murder, a chorus
girl and a burning building. If he wins, she has to marry him and give up
her job. The plot moves quickly as in most films of this genre, and both Bette
and Brent turn in good performances -– she as the independent career woman
(although a little too glamorized in appearance), and he as the lover
cautiously walking the tightrope between acknowledging her skill as a
reporter and encouraging her to give up her career to marry him. Decent
dialogue adds to the fun, and overall, it’s not a bad way to spend
eighty minutes.
Reviewed: December 24, 1999 |
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