Recommended reading - Five Star Final: A Melodrama in Three Acts (1931)

Five Star Final
A Melodrama in Three Acts

Play by Louis Weitzenkorn.

Filmed as Five Star Final (1931), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

ASIN: B000GDF9TI

Published by Samuel French.
First Edition.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.
 
Description:

Tabloid newspaper editor publishes a 20-year-old murder case to boost newspaper sales. A decision that leads to tragedy.