Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Billy Gilbert, Regis Toomey, Alma Kruger, Roscoe Karns, Edwin Maxwell, John Qualen, Billy Gilbert, Helen Mack, Cliff Edwards, Abner Biberman, Frank Jenks, Clarence Kolb, Frank Orth, Ernest Truex

Director: Howard Hawks

Summary: The owner of a newspaper attempts to keep his star reporter, his ex-wife, on the payroll by baiting her with a potentially big story...

In Howard Hawks's screwball masterpiece adapted from the stage play THE FRONT PAGE by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, star reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), once married to suave editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), plans to leave the stressful newspaper world behind and marry a boring insurance agent. Walter won't reveal his feelings for Hildy but tries to keep her from leaving by convincing her to cover one last story, a politically motivated execution. When the convict manages to escape, chaos breaks loose, and Hildy finds herself working alongside Walter to break the story wide open.
HIS GIRL FRIDAY is a loose, freewheeling gem featuring some of the fastest dialogue ever filmed (peppered with inspired ad-libbing by Grant and Russell, each appearing at comedic high points in their careers). Hawks, who changed the original story of two newspapermen into a battle of the sexes, keeps the frenetic action careening forward and allows a few slim but luminous notes of genuine affection to slip into Hildy and Walter's storm of hilarious verbal barbs, creating a potent and heartfelt classic that stands as one of the most influential comedies ever made.

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Reviewed by: davybozal24-7
Posted on March 18, 2006 7:43 PM

A classic masterpiece of screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and
Rosalind Russell . Walter Burns ( Cary Grant ) , editor of a major Chicago newspaper , is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife , Hildy Johnson ( Rosalind Russell ) , to insurance saleman Bruce Baldwin ( Ralph Bellamy ) but not without a fight ! The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story , about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell .
The comedy snowballs as everyone gets caught up in Walter's web.

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His Girl Fridayis one of the five greatest dialogue comedies ever made. Howard Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Rosalind Russell, not Hawks' first choice to play Hildy Johnson--the ace newsperson whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Cary Grant's Walter Burns is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T Jameson, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus
Year:	1940
Release Date:	August 7, 2000
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	I M C D 308
Keywords:	His, Girl, Comedy, Friday, General
Genre:	Comedy