July 11th
His Girl Friday*** US 1939. Columbia. 92m. bw
A soon-to-be-married newspaper reporter is tempted away by her unscrupulous ex-husband editor, in order to chase "the big story".
An absolute onslaught of journalistic and witty one-liners - in which the moments of pathos seem out of place - delivered by an accomplished cast at such rapidity that simply could not be done nowadays. A reworking of The Front Page (itself filmed on two other occasions), where Hildy Johnson is sensibly made a female character, allowing for some cracking repartee between Rosalind Russell and the all too eligible Cary Grant, so that the ultimate outcome of this love triangle is no surprise.
Written by: Charles Lederer, from the play "The Front Page" by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht.
Producer/Director: Howard Hawks.
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, John Qualen, Helen Mack, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Ernest Truex, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns, Frank Jenks, Regis Toomey, Abner Biberman, Alma Kruger, Billy Gilbert, Pat West, Edwin Maxwell.
Photography: Joseph Walker.
Music: Sidney Cutner.
Preceded by:
Superman inEleventh Hour*(US 1942. 8m.; Superman turns saboteur in Tokyo.; d: Dan Gordon; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander; for Paramount/Famous Artists.)
His Girl Friday*** US 1939. Columbia. 92m. bw
A soon-to-be-married newspaper reporter is tempted away by her unscrupulous ex-husband editor, in order to chase "the big story".
An absolute onslaught of journalistic and witty one-liners - in which the moments of pathos seem out of place - delivered by an accomplished cast at such rapidity that simply could not be done nowadays. A reworking of The Front Page (itself filmed on two other occasions), where Hildy Johnson is sensibly made a female character, allowing for some cracking repartee between Rosalind Russell and the all too eligible Cary Grant, so that the ultimate outcome of this love triangle is no surprise.
Written by: Charles Lederer, from the play "The Front Page" by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht.
Producer/Director: Howard Hawks.
Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, John Qualen, Helen Mack, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Ernest Truex, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns, Frank Jenks, Regis Toomey, Abner Biberman, Alma Kruger, Billy Gilbert, Pat West, Edwin Maxwell.
Photography: Joseph Walker.
Music: Sidney Cutner.
Preceded by:
Superman inEleventh Hour*(US 1942. 8m.; Superman turns saboteur in Tokyo.; d: Dan Gordon; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander; for Paramount/Famous Artists.)
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