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Girl Friday
Release date 11th January 1940
Country : USA
Running time : 92 mins
Genre : Comedy
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Screenplay by Charles Lederer based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Directed by Howard Hawks
A Columbia Picture
Newspaper proprietor Walter Burns tries to keep hold of his star reporter Hildy Johnson who wants to quit the business for a quiet life with Bruce Baldwin and his mother.
A fun in joke is when Bruce Baldwin is described as being like that movie actor Ralph Bellamy. Rosalind Russell was irritated at not being the first choice for the part of Hildy and arrived for the first day of shooting with her hair dripping wet after swimming.
Release date 11th January 1940
Country : USA
Running time : 92 mins
Genre : Comedy
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Screenplay by Charles Lederer based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Directed by Howard Hawks
A Columbia Picture
Newspaper proprietor Walter Burns tries to keep hold of his star reporter Hildy Johnson who wants to quit the business for a quiet life with Bruce Baldwin and his mother.
Brilliant
fast-talking comedy : Hawks' masterstroke was changing the sex of the
star reporter from the original The Front Page. Great performances from
Grant, Russell and Bellamy too. It hasn't been matched since for its
rapid fire dialogue.
A fun in joke is when Bruce Baldwin is described as being like that movie actor Ralph Bellamy. Rosalind Russell was irritated at not being the first choice for the part of Hildy and arrived for the first day of shooting with her hair dripping wet after swimming.
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