In this movie grant is the editor of a local paper named walter burns. Mtc screwball comedy his girl friday books and arts abc radio. Check out the official his girl friday 1940 trailer starring cary grant. His girl friday stars rosalind russell as reporter hildy johnson, a standout among. Once again hildy finds herself working with walter to break the true story. His girl friday, the 1940 screwball comedy featuring rosalind russells iconic performance as newspaperman hildy johnson, is a cinema classic. His girl friday is a 1940 screwball comedy starring cary grant as a wily newspaper. Hildy is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and exhusband, walter burns played by the peerless cary grant, who dangles the chance for her to scoop her fellow news writers with the story of an. Cary grant, rosalind russell, gene lockhart, howard hawks, ben hecht. His girl friday may well be the fastest comedy of the 1930s, with kaleidoscope action. His girl friday moves and talks so fast that it zooms past thriller into screwball comedy, despite its central story involving the race to save a convicted man from the gallows. His girl friday at allmovie his girl friday is available for free download at the internet archive his girl friday at the american film.
Download cary grant his girl friday 1940 torrent or any other torrent from category. The ace up walters sleeve is a latebreaking news story concerning the impending. The gagsminute ratio an analysis of his girl fridays cinematography and gender politics. It is a pity that criterion has apparently given up on recordings new commentary tracks because his girl friday is so chock full of great unsung supporting players and clever dialog, it wouldve been a real pleasure to listen to one of the many excellent film historians who wouldve spotlighted all.
Critics have understood the film in terms of how it relates to its directors oeuvre. His girl friday is a 1940 american comedy film directed by howard hawks starring cary grant, rosalind russell and ralph bellamy. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Charles lederer screen play, ben hecht from the play the front page 1. His girl friday salutes journalism and the amazing. Theres so much to hear that you cant catch every line on a single viewing of the piece.
And if you listen closely, youll hear a couple of in jokes, one concerning cary grant s real name archie leach, and another poking fun at. Sourced from a highdefinition digital restoration, theres a strong amount of detail and texture on display here, with deep black levels and good contrast. Screenwriter charles lederers credits include oceans 11 and the big screen adaptation of the front page. By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts.
His girl friday is very much a screwball comedy, and that genre in itself is a product of its time. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. I think its risky to throw around terms like the best film comedy of the sound era, but i do know that any serious. The owner of this website is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon properties including, but not limited to,,, or. Watch his girl friday full movie in hd visit hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor walter burns, v. When hardcharging new york newspaper editor walter burns cary grant discovers that his exwife, investigative reporter hildy johnson rosalind russell.
Walter, still in love with hildy, tries to keep her from leaving by convincing her to cover one last big story. Howard hawks the cube, dove st s, avon, bristol bs2 8jd sunday 25 november 2018, 12. Determined to prevent this from happening, walter sets. Publication date 1940 usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. Gender and ideology in his girl friday howard hawks, 1940. Comedies dont come more fastpaced than this zinger of a movie set in the offices of a chicago newspaper. Cary grant rosalind russell ralph bellamy 1940 an ace reporters rosalind russell editor. Cary grant and rosalind russell in his girl friday 1940 rosalind russell in. It still holds up 70 some odd years later, but films just arent made this way anymore. Also presented here is a brandnew restoration of the 1931 film the front page. Some of the best movies about journalism punch up the workaday reporting process into tickingclock deadline thrillers.
Wherever he got the idea, his girl friday 1940 reflected the olympian genius of howard hawks. One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, his girl friday stars rosalind russell as reporter hildy johnson, a standout among cinemas powerful women. The name alludes to friday, robinson crusoes native male dogsbody in daniel defoes novel. His girl friday is fascinated with the question of whether or not hildy is a woman. The exhusband, exwife plot angle was created for his girl friday and made the story equally as entertaining as the original but unique in its own right. A girl friday is an assistant who carries out a variety of chores. His girl friday 1940 c sdg ive tried to love his girl friday, really i have i know its a screwball comedy classic from howard hawks, whose twentieth century practically inaugurated the genre, and who directed girl friday star cary grant in the screwball classic bringing up baby and the also funny i was a male war bride. The cinefiles 5 fall 20 f gender and ideology in his girl friday howard hawks, 1940 his girl friday howard hawks, 1940 auteur theory has dominated criticism of the howard hawks film, his girl friday. The runtime on our version of his girl friday is 01.
Spain 27 october 1943 barcelona spain 3 january 1944 madrid france 12 january 1945 paris. It is a pity that criterion has apparently given up on recordings new commentary tracks because his girl friday is so chock full of great unsung supporting players and clever dialog, it wouldve been a real pleasure to listen to one of the many excellent film historians who. Walter burns cary grant is a newspaper editor who learns his exwife is about to marry a bland insurance man and settle down to a quiet life. His girl friday is a bit of bad news the globe and mail. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing unused his girl friday 1940 near you. A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter exwife from remarrying. Howard hawks on the dialogue in his girl friday youtube. This version also got a remake in 1988 as switching channels starring burt reynolds, kathleen turner, christopher reeve and ned beatty. His girl friday was another remake of that famed play by ben hecht and charles macarthur. But all that protesting makes you wonderwhy do you need to hear so often, that yes, she really is a woman. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard. She learned about men from him hildy johnson has divorced walter burns and visits his office to tell him that she is engaged to another man and that they are going to get married the day after. His girl friday 1940 when hardcharging new york newspaper editor walter burns cary grant discovers that his exwife, investigative reporter hildy johnson rosalind russell, has gotten.
Notes about his girl friday, 1940, directed by howard hawks, with cary grant, rosalind russell, ralph bellamy, available from turner classic movies. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy film directed by howard hawks, from an adaptation by charles lederer, ben hecht and charles macarthur of the play the front page by hecht and macarthur. The story goes that when hawks was holding readings for the parts, he was shorthanded an actor and instructed his secretary to. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. However it got that way, on 11 january, 1940, columbia pictures premiered hawkss his girl friday, starring cary grant as walter and rosalind russell as hildy, and the entire subsequent history of cinema is better off for it.
Many consider his girl friday the best newspaper movie of all time. Nononsense editor walter burns has already lost hildy johnson as his wife and is now about to lose her from the staff of his paper. Decades after its release, the comedythriller adapted from ben hecht and charles macarthurs play the front page holds up as a masterpiece of pacing and performance, and even manages a few healthy swipes at some of. The intricate tenor of his girl fridays fic tional world motivates its selection.
He also made the spectacular the big sleep, which is not. The melbourne theatre companys new production his girl friday is based on the 1940 screwball comedy starring cary grant and rosalind russell. Cary grant and rosalind russell in his girl friday. Le film his girl friday 1940 vostfr admin 20170514t03. The result was his girl friday 1940, one of hollywoods most remembered screwball comedies a genre hawks titles like his girl friday helped to create. When hardcharging new york newspaper editor walter burns cary grant discovers that his exwife, investigative reporter hildy johnson rosalind russell, h. Hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor walter burns, visits his office to inform him that shes engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. And the best of those movies, or at least their screwball comedy subset, is this 1940 barnburner from howard hawks.
Fsk12 a classic screwball comedy in which russell plays reporter hildy. Its doubtful that one could find a movie as fastpaced as howard hawks his girl friday, and nexttoimpossible to find a film of the period more laced with sexual electricity. His girl friday 1940, which clocks in at a brisk 92 minutes, had a 191page script. Lots of dialogue a discussion of the film, including an extensive plot recap with numerous quotes. Its appropriate that a film about journalists should be so heavy on dialogue. Staring cliff edwards, ernest truex, regis toomey and rosalind russell. His finds out that his ex wife is about to marry the star reported hildy who is a star reporter at the paper is about to marry an insurance salesman bruce baldwin. His girl friday is 1940 now available on dvd produced by howard hawk, directed by howard hawk, written by charles lederer, starring carry grant, rosalind russell, ralph bellamy and many more talented actors.
The movie his girl friday is a comedy staring cary grant. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard hawks and starring cary grant and rosalind russell. A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to. Why is the female lead in his girl friday crucial to the. His girl friday may well be the fastest comedy of the 1930s, with kaleidoscope action, instantaneous plot twists, and overlapping dialogue.
Successful and selfserving newspaper editor, is about to lose hildy johnson, his top reporter and former wife, to mild mannered insurance salesman bruce baldwin. One of the special highlights is the inclusion of a new digital restoration of the 1930 version of the front page from which his girl friday was adapted. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named walter burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and exwife hildy johnson, newly engaged to another man. His girl friday is one of the alltime great comedies from the 1930s1940s, and it is presented here in a beautiful transfer with a generous collection of extras. For america in the 1940s rosalind russell character hildy johnson was way ahead of her time, she was a 1980s woman in a time warp. Walter burns cant let that happen and frames the other man, bruce baldwin, for a lot of stuff getting him into trouble all the time. Gallery of 24 movie poster and cover images for his girl friday 1940.
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