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Mood:
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- JournalismWorkplace SituationsCrimesDishonestyMediaWorkplaceCouplesMedia Satire more...
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- ComedyRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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- USAIndoors
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Audience:
- Date Night
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- ClassicCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpiece
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- SatireVerbal ByplayScrewball
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- Talky
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- B&W
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His Girl Friday, 1940
English, French
USA
Profile of His Girl Friday
The mood of His Girl Friday is clever, witty, and biting. The plot centers around journalism, media, and workplace situations. It features screwball humor and verbal byplay. His Girl Friday is a comedy and romance movie. Stylistically, it is talky. In approach, it is realistic. The pacing of His Girl Friday is fast. It takes place, at least partly, indoors. The setting is the USA. His Girl Friday happens in the 1930s. Visually, it is black and white. It is a remake and adapted from a play. His Girl Friday is known for being a classic, a masterpiece, and essential viewing. It is especially suggested for a date night.
Summary of His Girl Friday
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.
Details
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 11 January 1940 |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
Cast and Crew
as Walter Burns
as Hildegaard 'Hildy' Johnson
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