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A classic screwball comedy in which Russell plays reporter Hildy Johnson, who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and ex-husband, Grant. While interviewing a condemned man, Hildy realizes that his hanging is planned as a vote-getting measure. Spontaneously, she helps the man escape.
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Description The second screen version of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, His Girl Friday changed hard-driving newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson from a man to a woman, transforming the story into a scintillating battle of the sexes. Rosalind Russell plays Hildy, about to foresake journalism for marriage to cloddish Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Cary Grant plays Walter Burns, Hildy's editor and ex-husband, who feigns happiness about her impending marriage as a ploy to win her back...
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A classic screwball comedy in which Russell plays reporter Hildy Johnson, who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and ex-husband, Grant. While interviewinga condemned man, Hildy realizes that his hanging is planned as a vote-getting measure. Spontaneously, she helps the man escape.
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Considered by many to be the best of Howard Hawks' comedies ( Bringing Up Baby, I Was A Male War Bride ), His Girl Friday was adapted from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's oft-filmed Broadway smash "The Front Page," with a screenplay by Charles Lederer. Hawks changed the sex of one of the amle leads, and revamped the spoof of newspapers and news hounds into a hilarious and sophisticated battle of the sexes and battle of the exes. When ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell, never better...
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His Girl Friday
This style is called "His Girl Friday" because it is a sensational hat for a woman with an investigative mind and a tailored suit. It is individually hand blocked. The head size ribbon, taffeta lining, feather and trim are carefully sewn by hand so that the stitches are hidden.
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Considered by many to be the best of Howard Hawks' comedies (Bringing Up Baby, I Was A Male War Bride), His Girl Friday was adapted from Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's oft-filmed Broadway smash "The Front Page," with a screenplay byi Charles Lederer. Hawks changed the sex of one of the male leads, and revamped the spoof of newspapers and news hounds into a hilarious and sophisticated battle of the sexes and battle of the exes. When ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell, never better) announces...
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Awful Truth, The/Born Yesterday/His Girl Friday - 3-Disc Set (DVD) Fall under the charm of quintessential leading man Cary Grant in this triple feature of Golden Age romantic comedies, including THE AWFUL TRUTH (1937), Howard Hawks`s HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940), and BORN YESTERDAY (1950). See individual titles for complete information. Buying Guides How To Review a Movie Top 5 Prestigious Film Festivals Tips on Selecting the Perfect Entertainment Gift
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding star Nia Vardalos gets stopped by female fans who show her pictures of their daughters and want advice on how to find them husbands.
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VINA presents a Double Feature. Gary Grant & Rosalind Russell in "His Girl Friday" 92 minutes. Black and White. Also Gary Grant & Irene Dunne in "Penny Serenade" 117 minutes. Black and White.
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MY MAN GODFREY/HIS GIRL FRIDAY DVD; Rating: NR Artist: LA CAVA,GREGORY Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Runtime (Minutes): 94
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Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
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Walter, resourceful, cunning, and connected, works overtime to prevent the loss of Hildy to this other man. Here, Fred Macmurray and Claudette Colbert clash words and wit in this enduring classic comedy.
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Choose from hundreds of frames and mat combinations. Preview artwork on your own wall color. Expert craftmanship.
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A pair of classic Hollywood films starring screen legend Cary Grant. HIS GIRL FRIDAY is the hilarious screwball comedy starring Grant and Rosalind Russell as a newspaper writer and editor who work together to save an innocent man from jail. PENNY SERENADE features Grant and Irene Dunne as a married couple who adopt a baby after tragedy strikes.
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Two of the most adored and acclaimed Hollywood romantic comedies of all time make up this excellent double feature. Both are wacky, chaotic yet sophisticated forays into the "screwball" comedy genre. The male-female teams of Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in HIS GIRL FRIDAY and William Powell and Carole Lombard in MY MAN GODFREY served as the blueprint for predecessors like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.
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Hollywood: Columbia Pictures, 1940. Wonderful original 8" x 10" original vertical scene still from the Howard Hawks' screen adaption and reworking of "The Front Page." Parred down to the basics by Hawk and the screenwritesr Charles Lederer and an uncredited Ben Hecht who also co wrote the play , this great comedy was met with tepid reviews when first released. We now know better. The still pictures the great Billy Gilbert in a scene with Grant, Russell and the wonderful Clarence Kolb. RUBBER STAMP...
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