On the Front Page is a 1926 American comedy film directed by James Parrott and starring Lillian Rich and Stan Laurel.

[1] After being beaten to a scandalous story involving Countess Polasky (Rich), newspaper editor James W. Hornby (Davis) assigns his son (Brooke) 24 hours to find an even more scandalous story about the countess.

Hornby Jr drives fast through the outskirts of Los Angeles and is pursued by a motorcycle cop.

Hornby Jr throws various items of female clothing from the car, each hitting the cop in the face as he tries to catch up.

The butler (Laurel) is sleeping when a small rock is thrown through the window by Hornby Jr.

Jr jumps up with an idea: the butler should put the countess in a compromising situation, and then they will be photographed and the photo published.

They avoid being seen and Jr puts the butler in the back seat of his father's car and chauffeurs him off.

They plot to get the countess to open her door to receive a box of flowers but she hears them.

He sits on a chaise longue, The countess reveals herself from behind a spiders web curtain and his hat pops off in surprise.

The butler chases the countess around the room but her secretary intervenes just as the police arrive.