Five Star Final (1931)
September 26, 1931Release Date
Five Star Final (1931)
September 26, 1931Release Date



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Cast & Crew.

Edward G. Robinson
Joseph W. Randall

Marian Marsh
Jenny Townsend

H.B. Warner
Michael Townsend

Anthony Bushell
Phillip Weeks

George E. Stone
Ziggie Feinstein

Frances Starr
Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend

Ona Munson
Kitty Carmody

Boris Karloff
T. Vernon Isopod

Aline MacMahon
Miss Taylor

Oscar Apfel
Bernard Hinchecliffe

Purnell Pratt
Robert French

Robert Elliott
R.J. Brannegan

Polly Walters
Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Mervyn LeRoy
Director

Robert Lord
Adaptation

Hal B. Wallis
Producer

Louis Weitzenkorn
Theatre Play

Sol Polito
Director of Photography

Frank Ware
Editor

Byron Morgan
Screenplay

Jack Okey
Art Direction

Gordon Hollingshead
Assistant Director

Earl Luick
Costume Design

Harold Waldridge
Media.





Details.
Release DateSeptember 26, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
Budget$310,000
Box Office$822,000
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Five Star Final is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film about the excesses of tabloid journalism directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson, Aline MacMahon (in her screen debut) and Boris Karloff. The screenplay was by Robert Lord and Byron Morgan based on the 1930 play of the same name by Louis Weitzenkorn. The title refers to the practice of newspapers publishing a series of editions throughout the day, with their final-edition front page having five stars printed and the word "Final." "Five Star Final" is also a font introduced during World War I and then favored by newspapers for its narrow type.
Warner Bros. remade the film in 1936 as Two Against the World, also known as One Fatal Hour, starring Humphrey Bogart in Robinson's part and set in a radio station instead of at a newspaper.
The film was nominated at the 5th Academy Awards (1931/1932) for Best Picture, but lost to Grand Hotel.
Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst was greatly offended by the film, which he interpreted as a thinly veiled attack on him and his operation. He retaliated by publishing negative reviews in his papers and pressuring theaters not to show the film.
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