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Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell with direction by Howard Hawks, this film’s rapid and overlapping dialogue helps make it a witty comedy romance. Walter Burns (Grant) is a newspaper editor who was formally married to Hildy Johnson (Russell). However, now they are no longer together and read more

Starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell with direction by Howard Hawks, this film’s rapid and overlapping dialogue helps make it a witty comedy romance. Walter Burns (Grant) is a newspaper editor who was formally married to Hildy Johnson (Russell). However, now they are no longer together and read more

There’s a brilliant bit of dialogue in the middle of Howard Hawks’ 1940 screwball masterpiece His Girl Friday that succinctly sums up the film’s derisive views on the profession of journalism. [At this point, I should probably go ahead and warn you that this post will be chock-full read more

This post is part of the Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon, co-sponsored by Comet Over Hollywood and Lindsay's Movie Musings. The difference between "The Front Page" and "His Girl Friday" is pre-code versus post-code, scene chewers versus scene stealers and, above all, Hildebrand Johnson versu read more

This post is part of the Journalism in Classic Film Blogathon, co-sponsored by Comet Over Hollywood and Lindsay's Movie Musings. The difference between "The Front Page" and "His Girl Friday" is pre-code versus post-code, scene chewers versus scene stealers and, above all, Hildebrand Johnson versu read more

“Jejum de Amor / His girl Friday”: Rosalind Russell em seu melhor momento Melhor que uma boa comediante, só uma boa atriz dramática que também atua em excelentes comédias. Exemplos não faltam: Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren ou mesmo Myrna Loy e Carole Lombard, read more

“Jejum de Amor / His girl Friday”: Rosalind Russell em seu melhor momento Melhor que uma boa comediante, só uma boa atriz dramática que também atua em excelentes comédias. Exemplos não faltam: Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren ou mesmo Myrna Loy e Carole Lombard, read more

The following post is an entry to the Howard Hawks Blogathon, hosted by twitter pal and movie blogging wonder Ratnakar Sadasyula aka @ScorpiusMaximus of the http://seetimaar.wordpress.com site. No matter what your favorite film genre is, Howard Hawks aims to please. Director/Producer/Screenwriter Ha read more

The following post is an entry to the Howard Hawks Blogathon, hosted by twitter pal and movie blogging wonder Ratnakar Sadasyula aka @ScorpiusMaximus of the http://seetimaar.wordpress.com site. No matter what your favorite film genre is, Howard Hawks aims to please. Director/Producer/Screenwriter Ha read more

Take a look Hildy...we won..no kidding! The Favorite Screwball Film tourney came to an end yesterday and my favorite film of all time, His Girl Friday won it all. As a number two seed, Friday had to overcome a slew of top films including three number one seeds in It Happened One Night, My Man G read more

Classic screwball comedy “His Girl Friday” coming to “The Venue 1550” November 8 The comedy classic His Girl Friday (1940 ) will be screened at “The Venue 1550” at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., November 8, 2012 at 7 p.m. Tickets read more

Classic screwball comedy “His Girl Friday” coming to “The Venue 1550” November 8 The comedy classic His Girl Friday (1940 ) will be screened at “The Venue 1550” at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State St., November 8, 2012 at 7 p.m. Tickets read more

On August 14, 2011, on a now-defunct personal blog, I published this FR (S) review of Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday.  As today is Sunday, and I am still a sucker for actual ink-and-paper news, and given the film’s subject matter, I thought I’d repost it here.  Thanks for reading read more

Bottom Line: Often considered the first romantic comedy. Hilarious film. Directed by: Howard Hawks Starring: Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Rosalind Russell Fast-paced screwball of a romantic comedy (and widely considered the first ever) elicits more laughs than many comedies today. Based on a Broadw read more

His Girl Friday (1940)      I am not sure what went wrong six years ago when watching His Girl Friday for the first time had me conclude: Blech, that was lousy. As you can tell from the rating I now give this crazy comedy, I have changed my tune. As a journalist who seems to be surrounded by report read more

Wedding? What wedding? Newsprint is a cruel mistress. Poor Ralph Bellamy. This is an entry for the Best For Film Hollywood Haikus blogging competition. Enter now. read more

His Girl Friday (1940). Comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. Cast:Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy. It is best known for its rapid-fire dialogue. Newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson, recently divorced from newspaper editor Walter Burns, stops by his office at the Morning Post, to tell him read more

Howard Hawks and "His Girl Friday" Howard Hawks is one of the greatest American movie directors of all time. Adept at all film genres, Hawks excelled at fast-paced screwball comedies like Twentieth Century, Bringing up Baby, and His Girl Friday. His Girl Friday was a reworking of the Ben read more

Howard Hawks and "His Girl Friday" Howard Hawks is one of the greatest American movie directors of all time. Adept at all film genres, Hawks excelled at fast-paced screwball comedies like Twentieth Century, Bringing up Baby, and His Girl Friday. His Girl Friday was a reworking of the Ben read more

Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur created their immortal play "The Front Page" in 1928. It was a smash hit on Broadway starring Osgoode Perkins as ruthless, fast-thinking editor Walter Burns who stops at nothing to keep ace reporter, Lee Tracy as Hildy Johnson, from getting married and leaving the n read more