His Girl Friday

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The Front Page, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's classic 1928 newspaper play, has had three official film versions and contributed structural DNA to half the movies ever made about professional camaraderie and fierce love-hate friendships. Lewis Milestone's 1931 movie is well respected (Billy Wilder's 1974 version isn't), but this is one case where the remake towers brilliantined head and blocked shoulders above the original.

Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

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His Girl Friday Starring: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy , Gene Lockhart , and Porter Hall Director: Howard Hawks Manufacturer: Sony Pictures ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Satire | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classics | Romantic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Screwball Comedy | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Cary Grant | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Corporate Life | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Bellamy, Ralph | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Biberman, Abner | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Edwards, Cliff | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Gilbert, Billy | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Grant, Cary | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hall, Porter | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Jenks, Frank | ( J ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Karns, Roscoe | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kolb, Clarence | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kruger, Alma | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Lockhart, Gene | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Mack, Helen | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Maxwell, Edwin | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Orth, Frank | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Qualen, John | ( Q ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Russell, Rosalind | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Toomey, Regis | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Truex, Ernest | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hawks, Howard | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video All Sony Pictures Titles | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Studio Specials | Stores | DVD | Video DVDs Under $14.99 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition) To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition) Arsenic and Old Lace Charade ASIN: 6305416192 Release Date: 2000-11-21

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Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

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His Girl Friday Starring: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy , Gene Lockhart , and Porter Hall Director: Howard Hawks Manufacturer: Good Times Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Cary Grant | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Bellamy, Ralph | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Biberman, Abner | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Edwards, Cliff | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Gilbert, Billy | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Grant, Cary | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hall, Porter | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Jenks, Frank | ( J ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Karns, Roscoe | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kolb, Clarence | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kruger, Alma | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Lockhart, Gene | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Mack, Helen | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Maxwell, Edwin | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Orth, Frank | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Qualen, John | ( Q ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Russell, Rosalind | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Toomey, Regis | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Truex, Ernest | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hawks, Howard | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video ( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video General | Comedy | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition) To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition) Arsenic and Old Lace Charade ASIN: B00006RCLG Release Date: 2002-10-01

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Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

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Only Angels Have Wings
Jean Arthur is a stranded showgirl who sets her sights on Cary Grant in this rousing adventure tale of men who fly mail planes over the Andes.

The Talk of the Town
A charming fugitive, a beautiful teacher, and a stuffy lawyer, forced to become roommates, are rumor-mill fodder in this madcap romantic farce.

His Girl Friday
A classic comedy in which Rosalind Russell plays reporter Hildy Johnson, who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and ex-husband.

The Awful Truth
The screwball antics of a couple (Irene Dunne and Cary Grant) who can't stand being married, but can't stand seeing the other married to anyone else.

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His Girl Friday/Cary Grant on Film: A Biography Starring: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy , Gene Lockhart , and Porter Hall Director: Howard Hawks Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Satire | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video General | Romantic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classics | Romantic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Screwball Comedy | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Cary Grant | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Corporate Life | By Theme | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Bellamy, Ralph | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Biberman, Abner | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Edwards, Cliff | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Gilbert, Billy | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Grant, Cary | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hall, Porter | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Jenks, Frank | ( J ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Karns, Roscoe | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kolb, Clarence | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kruger, Alma | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Lockhart, Gene | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Mack, Helen | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Maxwell, Edwin | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Orth, Frank | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Qualen, John | ( Q ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Russell, Rosalind | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Toomey, Regis | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Truex, Ernest | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hawks, Howard | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 Comedy | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video General | Comedy | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video Romantic Comedies | Comedy | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video Screwball Comedy | Comedy | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition) To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition) Arsenic and Old Lace Charade ASIN: B00003ES2M Release Date: 1999-11-16

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Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

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Includes "Cary Grant On Film" - a documentary, an intro by Tony Curtis, and the trailer for Gunga Din.

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Running Time: 121 min.

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His Girl Friday Starring: Cary Grant , Rosalind Russell , Ralph Bellamy , Gene Lockhart , and Porter Hall Director: Howard Hawks Manufacturer: Delta ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video Cary Grant | Comedy Stars | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video General | Television | Genres | DVD | Video Bellamy, Ralph | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Biberman, Abner | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Edwards, Cliff | ( E ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Gilbert, Billy | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Grant, Cary | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hall, Porter | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Jenks, Frank | ( J ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Karns, Roscoe | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kolb, Clarence | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Kruger, Alma | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Lockhart, Gene | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Mack, Helen | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Maxwell, Edwin | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Orth, Frank | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Qualen, John | ( Q ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Russell, Rosalind | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Toomey, Regis | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Truex, Ernest | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video Hawks, Howard | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 Comedy | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 Television | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video 4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video DVDs Under $7.49 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video All Deals | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video General | Comedy | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition) To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition) Arsenic and Old Lace Charade ASIN: B00008G8B7 Release Date: 2002-11-26

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Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

Description

Includes "Cary Grant On Film" - a documentary, an intro by Tony Curtis and the trailer for Gunga Din.

Menus: English • Spanish • Chinese • Japanese
Subtitles: Spanish • Chinese • Japanese

B&W/Color
Running Time: 133 min.

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His Girl Friday Starring: Cary Grant; Rosalind Russell; Ralph Bellamy; Helen Mack; Gene Lockhart Director: Howard Hawks Manufacturer: Reel Enterprises ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Hawks, Howard | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video DVDs Under $9.99 | Today's Deals in DVD | Special Features | DVD | Video ( H ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video Similar Items: The Philadelphia Story Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition) To Catch a Thief (Special Collector's Edition) Desk Set Houseboat (Ws Sub) ASIN: B000KIX8VK Release Date: 2006-11-13

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Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

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Howard Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply.

His Girl Friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. --Richard T. Jameson

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