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Five Star Final (1931)

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.

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George R 23 Mar 2010

Great performance by Edward G. Robinson and others. Deserved the Oscar nomination. Best quote by a newspaper man: "we're nothing but bloodsucking murderers" delivered with passion by Robinson.

Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 11 Jun 2006

Despite a great turn by Robinson, the acting nearly sinks this film.

Robert B 09 Sep 2012

Five Star Final (Mervyn LeRoy, 1931) If you're a fan of Edward G. Robinson's (and if you're not, you should be), you've gotta get your hands on this ridiculously over-the-top melodrama, made very early in Mervyn LeRoy's career and nominated for the best Picture Oscar in 1932 (it lost, and deservedly, to Grand Hotel). Robinson plays Randall, the newly-installed editor of a New York tabloid who wants to turn the paper in a more traditional direction, so he assigns muckraker Vern Isipod (Boris Karloff) to the society pages. You can see where this could go wrong, and indeed it does, in record time, with Isipod attempting to dig up dirt on a socialite in order to prevent her upcoming society marriageâ"and in the process causing her family irreperable harm. There is much scenery-chewing from everyone involved, an inspid script delivered with great gusto by the cast, and that still-early-in-the-world-of-talkies overexpression rampant. It's ridculous fun. ***

I don't know w 23 Oct 2010

A great performance by Robinson and a scathing hatchet job of sensationalistic media. When a newspaper decides to increase circulation by re-serialising a long dead passion-killer case; the acquited defendant finds her life being turned upside down again on the eve of her daughter's wedding. With film adaptations of stage plays, you rarely see any filmmaking qualities other than point and shoot. But here, there are quite a few tracking shots, including one following a suicide attempt using silhouettes and fades, that are impressive anyway. Doubly so for a 1931 shoot. A great lesson to be learned to anyone who allows for the manipulation of their morality by a media who merely seeks their dollar.

Christine R 15 Jun 2014

I really enjoyed this fascinating take on tabloid journalism and how ruthless it can be. Seems things have not changed much since 1931 except maybe the medium. Nice to look into an era where newspapers were king and Edward G Robinson does a great job as the editor on the brink.