His Girl Friday (1940)

Director: Howard Hawks  Starring: Cary Grant  Rosalind Russell  
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Format: DVD
UPC: 00089218300997
Buy.com Sku: 40198106
Item#: V3KTDL
Category Keywords: Classic  Essential Cinema  Recommended  Reporters  Romance  Stage Play  Vintage 
Rating: NR
 
 
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Editor's Note

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.

 

Features
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33

 
Technical Info

Release Information
Release Date: 3/29/2007
Running Time: 92 minutes
Original Release Date: 1940
Catalog ID: 3009D
UPC: 00089218300997
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English
Video: B&W

 
Cast & Crew
Cary Grant
Abner Biberman
Ernest Truex
Cliff Edwards
Rosalind Russell
Ralph Bellamy
Frank Orth
Billy Gilbert
Roscoe Karns
Frank Jenks
Porter Hall
Helen Mack
Edwin Maxwell
Clarence Kolb
Alma Kruger
Gene Lockhart
John Qualen
Regis Toomey
Charles Lederer - Screenwriter
Joseph Walker - Director of Photography
Morris Stoloff - Composer
Howard Hawks - Producer
Lionel Banks - Art Director
Charles Hecht - Source Writer
Gene Havlick - Editor
Howard Hawks - Director

 
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
"...One of the funniest American films ever made....Brilliant ensemble cast..." -- Rating: A 10/27/1995 p.104

USA Today
"...HIS GIRL FRIDAY is greatest newspaper comedy and one of the greatest screwball comedies ever made..." 11/24/2000 p.11E

Entertainment Weekly
"[O]ne of the fastest, wittiest comedies in history." 02/10/2006 p.119

Premiere
"[T]his classic, alternating between near-moronic farce and quasi-tragedy and blasting all the notes in between, features Cary Grant at his weaseliest." 08/01/2006 p.65

Entertainment Weekly
"Watch it and see what a frantic adventure love can be." 02/16/2007 p.65

  
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