Front Page Woman

As far-fetched a newspaper yarn as ever was concocted, FRONT PAGE WOMAN is not quite funny enough to rank as a full-fledged comedy, but it has enough moments in it to please undiscerning audiences. George Brent is the hard-nosed editor of a newspaper and Bette Davis writes the agony column for a rival rag. They are in love, but Brent is a chauvinist who thinks a woman's place is not in the editorial office. Davis wants to marry Brent, but she won't do it until she can show Brent that women can succeed at reporting. She gets her chance when she's assigned to cover a fire, which leads her to uncover a complicated plot involving arson and murder. As a result, she gets...