His Girl Friday
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DVD Details
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 19, 2016
- Originally Released: 1940
- Label: Team Marketing
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Rosalind Russell & Cary Grant | |
Performer: | Cliff Edwards, Billy Gilbert, Edwin Maxwell, Regis Toomey, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, John Qualen, Frank Jenks, Alma Kruger, Abner Biberman, Clarence Kolb, Ernest Truex, Porter Hall, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Bellamy & Frank Orth | |
Directed by | Howard Hawks | |
Edited by | Gene Havlick | |
Screenwriting by | Charles Lederer | |
Composition by | Morris Stoloff | |
Art Direction by | Lionel Banks | |
Produced by | Howard Hawks | |
Director of Photography: | Joseph Walker |
Entertainment Reviews:
Perhaps the funniest, certainly the fastest talkie comedy ever made.
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Time Out
[T]his classic, alternating between near-moronic farce and quasi-tragedy and blasting all the notes in between, features Cary Grant at his weaseliest.
Premiere
Casting is excellent, with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in the top roles.
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Variety
A line is never allowed to reverberate but is quickly attached to another, funnier line in a very underrated comedy that champions the sardonic and quick-witted over the plodding, sober citizens.
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Artforum
Watch it and see what a frantic adventure love can be.
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 5/5 --
Newspaper screwball comedy His Girl Friday, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, remains one of the funniest comedy films of all time.
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Solzy at the Movies
Rating: 5/5 --
Characters step on each other's lines in the speedy exchanges of weaponized words, and the humor of the banter and their delivery haven't lost their punch in nearly 80 years.
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FanboyNation.com
Product Description:
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.
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.
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