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His Girl Friday
1940
The second screen version of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, His Girl Friday changed hard-driving newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson from a man to a woman, transforming the story into a scintillating battle of the sexes. Rosalind Russell plays Hildy, about to foresake journalism for marriage to cloddish Bruce .. Read more
| Starring | Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart |
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| Director | Howard Hawks |
| Genres | Comedy |
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His Girl Friday
The second screen version of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, His Girl Friday changed hard-driving newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson from a man to a woman, transforming the story into a scintillating battle of the sexes. Rosalind Russell plays Hildy, about to foresake journalism for marriage to cloddish Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Cary Grant plays Walter Burns, Hildy's editor and ex-husband, who feigns happiness about her impending marriage as a ploy to win her back. The ace up Walter's sleeve is a late-breaking news story concerning the impending execution of anarchist Earl Williams (John Qualen), a blatant example of political chicanery that Hildy can't pass up. The story gets hotter when Williams escapes and is hidden from the cops by Hildy and Walter--right in the prison pressroom. His Girl Friday may well be the fastest comedy of the 1930s, with kaleidoscope action, instantaneous plot twists, and overlapping dialogue. And if you listen closely, you'll hear a couple of in jokes, one concerning Cary Grant's real name (Archie Leach), and another poking fun at Ralph Bellamy's patented poor sap screen image. Subsequent versions of The Front Page included Billy Wilder's 1974 adaptation, which restored Hildy Johnson's manhood in the form of Jack Lemmon, and 1988's Switching Channels, which cast Burt Reynolds in the Walter Burns role and Kathleen Turner as the Hildy Johnson counterpart.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Regis Toomey, Alma Kruger, Roscoe Karns, Edwin Maxwell, John Qualen, Billy Gilbert, Helen Mack, Cliff Edwards, Abner Biberman, Frank Jenks, Clarence Ko |
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| Director | Howard Hawks |
| Studio | IMC VISION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 27 mins |
| Certificate |  DVD LOVEFiLM Instant |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Released | Production year: 1940 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 30 Apr 2009 To Rent: DVD: 07 Aug 2000 |
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Frantic, hilarious black farce with all participants at their best; possibly the fastest comedy ever filmed, and one of the funniest.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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Absolute Classic
A romantic comedy that is both romantic and funny with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell firing on all cylinders. They speak at a rapid rate, sometimes over each ... read more »
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- 14 Aug 2010 at 14:05
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True classic
Incredibly funny movie that is gripping from start to finish, a very tight script, excellent dialogues and the best of it all -- long uncut scenes bringing out ... read more »
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Not a romantic comedy!
Never laughed out loud and if this is romance it's a dark one. However it was engaging and kept me sufficiently gripped with it's fast pace and erratic ... read more »
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I found this film a little bland and the speech a little to fast. I was a little disappointed with the film as I tend to like the old classics.
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His Girl Friday
The second screen version of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, His Girl Friday changed hard-driving newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson from a man to a woman, transforming the story into a scintillating battle of the sexes. Rosalind Russell plays Hildy, about to foresake journalism ...
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