Five Star Final (1931) | |
| Director(s) | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Producer(s) | Hal B. Wallis (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama |
| Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema |
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Five Star Final (1931) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Hal B. Wallis.
Academy Awards 1931/32 --- Ceremony Number 5 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Picture | First National | Nominated |
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Five Star Final (1931): Edward G. Robinson and Yellow Journalism
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 20, 2022 From 4 Star FilmsFive Star Final has its place among a bevy of real-world Journalism movies as perpetuated by Hollywood in the Pre-Code era. Probably equally important is director Mervyn Leroy, who at this point in his career was about to be tackling some of his most pointed material including I Am a Fugitive From a... Read full article
REMAKE AVENUE: Five Star Final, 1931 and Two Against the World, 1936
on Jun 22, 2020 From Caftan WomanMythologized, demonized, revered, and lampooned, the gentlemen of the press make for good copy. From real-life crusader Nellie Bly who became as famous as her exposes to the fictional Charles Foster Kane who thought it would be fun to run a newspaper, audiences are as fascinated with the purveyors o... Read full article
The Pre-Code Blogathon: FIVE STAR FINAL
By Dan Day Jr. on Mar 31, 2015 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogThe "Pre-Code" era in Hollywood--which ran approximately from 1930 through most of 1934--has now become so legendary that just about any movie made in that period is looked upon as a classic. Most of the attention given to Pre-Code features revolves around their presumed salacious content, rather th... Read full article
The Pre-Code Blogathon: FIVE STAR FINAL
By Dan Day Jr. on Mar 31, 2015 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogThe "Pre-Code" era in Hollywood--which ran approximately from 1930 through most of 1934--has now become so legendary that just about any movie made in that period is looked upon as a classic. Most of the attention given to Pre-Code features revolves around their presumed salacious content, rather th... Read full article
Breaking News: Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon - Five Star Final (1931)
By Caftan Woman on Sep 21, 2013 From Caftan WomanSpoilers abound in this look at Warner Brothers Five Star Final for Breaking News: Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon sponsored by Comet Over Hollywood and Lindsay's Movie Musings. Mervyn LeRoy 1900 - 1987 Mythologized, demonized, revered and lampooned, the gentlemen of the press make fo... Read full article
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Quotes from
Miss Taylor: [Sticking her finger in his stomach] On the level, I don't, but you might try Corcoran's or maybe you've been thrown out of that speakeasy.
Ziggie Feinstein: They don't throw you out of speakeasies... they carry you out!
Miss Taylor: I think you can always get people interested in the crucifixion of a woman.
Arthur Goldberg: Sufferin' Moses, but Mr. Randall's got a lot of women!
Miss Taylor: They're goyem. Ain't you got no religion?
Arthur Goldberg: Either way you say that, I ought to change my name.
Miss Taylor: Don't do it, kid. New York's too full of Christians as it is!
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Facts about
The Evening Gazette is based on the real-life New York Evening Graphic, the most sensational of all the Front Page-era tabloid papers. (Critics called it the Porno-Graphic.) The paper, owned by Bernarr Macfadden, published from 1924 to 1932. At the time this film was made, the Graphic had been losing circulation, because its new editor had been trying to make it a more respectable paper, just like in the film. The paper was best known for its "composographs," composite photographs used to create an otherwise unobtainable illustration.
The play "Five Star Final" by Louis Weitzenkorn opened at the Cort Theatre in New York on 30 December 1930 and closed in June 1931 after 175 performances. The opening night cast included Arthur Byron as Randall, Berton Churchill as Hinchecliffe , Frances Fuller as Jenny Townsend and Allen Jenkins as Ziggie Feinstein.
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