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Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An unscrupulous editor plots to keep his star reporter-and ex-wife-from re-marrying. Cast & Crew. Read More. Howard Hawks. Director. Cary Grant. Walter Burns. Rosalind Russell. Hildy Johnson. Ralph Bellamy. Bruce Baldwin. Gene Lockhart. Sheriff [Peter B.] Hartwell. Porter Hall
One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, His Girl Friday stars Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, a standout among cinema’s powerful women. Hildy is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns (played by the peerless Cary Grant), who dangles the chance for her to ...
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Having been away for four months, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) walks into the offices of the New York City-based The Morning Post, where she is a star reporter, to tell her boss, editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), that she is quitting.
Director. Ben Hecht. Screenplay. Charles Lederer. Screenplay. Reviews 1. Written by CinemaSerf on June 23, 2022. Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife.
His Girl Friday, American screwball comedy film, released in 1940, that was director Howard Hawks’s innovative remake of The Front Page (1931). The lightning-fast repartee and prickly courtship of the film’s two leads made it a classic in the genre. Cary Grant played a self-centred newsman.
Directed by Howard Hawks / Cary Grant. Genres - Comedy, Romance, Crime | Sub-Genres - Screwball Comedy, Media Satire, Romantic Comedy, Workplace Comedy | Release Date - Jan 11, 1940 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 92 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR. AllMovie Rating. 10. User Ratings (226) Your Rating. Overview. Review.
His Girl Friday | Film | The Guardian. Details: 1940, USA, Cert U, 92 mins. Direction: Howard Hawks. Summary: Re-release of the classic screwball comedy. With: Cary Grant , Gene Lockhart ,...
