Preceded by short:'Red' Nichols and His World Famous Pennies (Joseph Henabery, U.S., 1936). A Vitaphone jazz short with Red Nichols, Bob Carter, and the Wallace Sisters. Preserved from original negative. (c. 20 mins, B&W, 35mm, Courtesy LC, permission Warner Bros.)A film that achieves genuine tragic emotion, Five Star Final is set in the heyday of the American tabloid press, when big-city papers vied furiously to dominate circulation by attracting customers with splashing headlines and lurid stories. Edward G. Robinson personifies the Hollywood stereotype of the hard-bitten editor who drives himself and his staff so hard that they begin making the news instead of reporting it. Boris Karloff creates a memorable monster in the guise of a reporter who poses as a clergyman to deceive an innocent couple, and George Stone, in the cameo part of a "contest editor," gives the finishing touch to one of the best newspaper movies ever made.-Patrick Loughney, Mary Pickford Theater, LCPreserved from original negative.