Five Star Final [DVD] [1931]
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Release Date:06/22/2010
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Adapted from the stage play by former newspaperman Louis Weitzenkorn, Five Star Final is an uncompromising look at the consequences of journalistic irresponsibility. Hounded by his publishers to pep up circulation with a sensational story, newspaper editor Edward G. Robinson decides to revive public interest in a long-ago murder case. He discovers that a woman (Sally Starr) who'd shot her lover nearly three decades earlier is now living under a new name and is married to a pillar of society (H.B. Warner). The woman's daughter (Marian Marsh) is just about to marry the son (Anthony Bushell) of another wealthy couple. Robinson sends one of his slimier reporters (Boris Karloff), a onetime divinical student who'd been expelled for sexual misconduct, to visit the woman and secure a photograph. The underhanded reporter disguises himself as the clergyman who will officiate at the wedding, worms his way into the family's confidence, and appropriates the photo. When the story hits the papers, the woman desperately tries to call Robinson and ask him to cease and desist, but Robinson is unmoved. The disgraced woman commits suicide, as does her husband a few moments later. The groom's parents snobbishly try to call off the wedding, but the groom stands by his fiancee's side and is disinherited. The grief-maddened daughter breaks into Robinson's office with a gun, threatening to kill him for ruining her mother. She is calmed down by her fiance, who warns Robinson that he himself will come back for revenge if the newspaper ever mentions the dead woman's name again. Five Star Final was remade in 1936 as Two Against the World, this time set in a radio station instead of a newspaper office.~Hal Erickson
Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
Writers
- Byron Morgan
- Robert Lord
Cast
- Edward G. RobinsonJoseph Randall
- Marian MarshJenny Townsend
- H.B. WarnerMichael Townsend
- Anthony BushellPhillip Weeks
- George E. StoneZiggie Feinstein
- Boris Karloff"Reverend" Vernon Isopod
- Frances StarrNancy Voorhees Townsend
- Ona MunsonKitty Carmody
- Robert ElliottBrannegan
- Oscar ApfelBernard Hinchecliffe
- Purnell PrattRobert French
- Aline MacMahonMiss Taylor
- Gladys LloydMiss Edwards
- Harold WaldridgeArthur Goldberg
- Evelyn HallMrs. Weeks
- David TorrenceWeeks
- Polly WaltersTelephone Operator
- James DonlanReporter
- Frank DarienSchwartz
Crew
- Sol PolitoCinematographer
- Leo F. ForbsteinMusical Direction/Supervision
- Frank WareEditor
- Jack OkeyArt Director
- Earl LuickCostume Designer
Details
- GenreDrama
- SubgenreMelodrama,Media Satire
- TitleFive Star Final
- Countries ProducedUnited States
- Duration89 minutes
- Year of Release1931
- Product TagsDVD
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Sound Featuresmonaural
- Screen FormatFull Screen
- LanguageEnglish
- Region Code0
- StudioWarner Bros. Digital Distribution
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- Product NameFive Star Final [DVD] [1931]
- UPC883316256633
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||Posted .Owned for 1 week when reviewed.Edward G. Robinson at his best...which is l the time. A pure joy to experience his excellence. Loved it.
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