His Girl Friday (1940) 8.0
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Director:Howard Hawks |
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His Girl Friday (1940) 8.0
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. Director:Howard Hawks |
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| Rosalind Russell | ... | ||
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | ||
| Gene Lockhart | ... |
Sheriff Peter B. Hartwell
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Porter Hall | ... |
Murphy
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Ernest Truex | ... |
Roy B. Bensinger
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Clarence Kolb | ... |
Fred - Mayor
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Frank Jenks | ... |
Wilson
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| Regis Toomey | ... |
Sanders
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Abner Biberman | ... |
Louie
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Frank Orth | ... |
Duffy
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Helen Mack | ... | |
Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin, 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 William's friend, Molly Malloy, the crooked Mayor, and Bruce's mother all get tied up in Walter's web. Written by Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>
"His Gal Friday" is Howard Hawks' tribute to the brilliant play in which this film is based. Charles McGraw and Ben Hecht, two of the best writers of the era, paid tribute to the journalists that wrote for the American newspapers of the thirties. This movie has some of the fastest dialogs in memory.
The incredible combination of Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, and Ralph Bellamy in the main roles is what made this movie a favorite. Mr. Grant as Walter Burns, the unscrupulous newspaper editor, is the perfect foil for Rosalind Russell's, Hildy Johnson, a role that is played by a male in the original play and in the other film versions.
The best moment of the film is the moment when Cary Grant speaking so fast, that some what he says goes over the viewer's heads, refers as to Ralph Bellamy by name as not having a chance and cites in the same breadth his real name Archibald Leach.
It's hard to imagine anyone but Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell playing Walter and Hildy. Ralph Bellamy is perfect as Hildy's fiancé, Bruce Baldwin. Gene Lockhart is perfect as the sheriff Pinky Hartwell. The ensemble of actors that play the reporters following the possible execution of Earl Williams, are perfect.
An excellent comedy thanks to the genius of Howard Hawks.