His Girl Friday

1940

1h 32m

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7.4/10

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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. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

Directors

Howard Hawks

Writers

Ben Hecht(theatre play by)

Charles MacArthur(theatre play by)

Charles Lederer(screenplay by)

Stars

Rosalind Russell

Cary Grant

Ralph Bellamy

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Hildy Johnson

Walter Burns

Bruce Baldwin

Sheriff Hartwell

Mayor

Earl Williams

Mollie Malloy

Joe Pettibone

Murphy

Bensinger

Endicott

McCue

Wilson

Sanders

Louie

Duffy

Mrs. Baldwin

Warden Cooley

Directors

Howard Hawks

Writers

Ben Hecht(theatre play by)

Charles MacArthur(theatre play by)

Charles Lederer(screenplay by)

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7/10

This is a belter of a film! Essentially just a two hander with Cary Grant ("Walter Burns") as the editor of a newspaper facing the loss of his ex-wife, and best reporter Rosalind Russell ("Hildy Johnson") who has decided to marry Ralph Bellamy ("Bruce Baldwin") and start a new life. Anyone who enjoys the modern day writing of folks like Aaron Sorkin will immediately appreciate the depth and class of the clever, witty writing and the superbly fast paced delivery from both as Grant tries all sorts of manoeuvres to change her mind; frame her new fiancée and stop a man from going to the electric chair with the aide of little else but a few telephones and the odd interjection from some great supporters - Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, John Qualen and Abner Biberman as his go-to fixer "Louie". Russell is no shrinking violet, either - she has plenty of great one-liners and retorts of her own, and the equality with which they scrap makes this all the more fun. The ending is a touch too inevitable, and maybe just a little too muddled and that robs it of a killer punch; but this is still a cracking romantic comedy.

Geronimo196723 Jun, 2022