His Girl Friday [Columbia TriStar]

DVD/APPROX. 92 MINS./1940/US NR

Main feature:

Release Nov 21, 2000
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Studio Columbia/Tri-Star
Year 1940
Genre Comedy

Special features:

  • Audio Commentary With Film Critic & Author Todd McCarthy
  • Four Exclusive Featurettes
  • Vintage Advertising
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • Talent Files
  • Interactive Menus
  • Production Notes
  • Scene Selections

Synopsis:



"As Fresh And Undated And Bright A Film As You Could Want." -The New Yorker

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) announces she's leaving the newspaper world behind to settle into domesticity with a stuffy fiance (Ralph Bellamy), her demanding editor and ex-husband Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is determined to keep her on staff and win back her heart in the process.

Cast and Crew:

Columbia/Tri-Star presents
Cary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyGene LockhartHelen Mack"His Girl Friday"
Written byCharles Ledererdirected byHoward Hawks
Production Year: 1940

Please note:

Details are based on information from various sources. We do everything we can to keep them as accurate as possible. However, errors occur so use this information at your own risk and remember to check the product itself before buying.