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| His Girl Friday | 
 enlarge | Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall
Studio: Good Times Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $4.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (111 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5075
Format: Black White, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 92 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: GTED81365D
UPC: 018713813657
EAN: 0018713813657
ASIN: B00006RCLG
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 1940
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Cary gran rosalind russell star in thie rapid-fire version of the hit the front page. Studio: Gaiam Americas Release Date: 10/01/2002 Starring: Cary Grant Rosalind Russell
Amazon.com essential video
IThe Front Page/I, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's classic 1928 newspaper play, has had three official film versions and contributed structural DNA to half the movies ever made about professional camaraderie and fierce love-hate friendships. Lewis Milestone's 1931 movie is well respected (Billy Wilder's 1974 version isn't), but this is one case where the remake towers brilliantined head and blocked shoulders above the original. pHoward Hawks had the inspired notion of making Hildy Johnson--the ace newsman whom demonic editor Walter Burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting married--a she instead of a he. What's more, she's not only Walter's star reporter but also his ex-wife. When Hildy (Rosalind Russell) comes to tell Walter (Cary Grant) she's leaving the newspaper business, he bamboozles her into carrying out one last assignment--a death-row interview with a little nebbish (John Qualen) convicted of killing a policeman. It sounds like a snap, but before you can say screwball comedy, the press room of the Criminal Courts Building has become ground zero for all the lunacy a jailbreak, a shooting, an impromptu suicide, a corrupt city administration, and the most Machiavellian "hero" in the American cinema can supply. pIHis Girl Friday/I is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made; Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences hyperventilate trying to finish with one laugh so they can do justice to the four that have accumulated in the meantime. Russell, not Hawks's first choice to play Hildy, is triumphant in the part, holding her own as "one of the guys" and creating an enduring feminist icon. Grant is a force of nature, giving a performance of such concentrated frenzy and diamond brilliance that you owe it to yourself to devote at least one viewing of the movie to watching him alone. But then you have to go back (lucky you) and watch it again for the sake of the press-room gang--Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Cliff Edwards, Regis Toomey, Frank Jenks, and others--the kind of ensemble work that gets character actors onto Parnassus. I--Richard T. Jameson/I
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 THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE FAST PACED GRANT FILM! September 17, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought a box set containing this film and four other Grant classics, This being the second one I've watched is the best so far. This film is full of quick fire dialogue that is funny and intelligent. Grant and Russell are exceptional, but the entire cast is burning on all cylinders in this 70 years fresh "screwball" comedy. If you are looking for a place to start with Cary Grant.....this is a pretty safe bet! the DVD transfer is very good on the box set and it has some interesting extra material.
 His Girl Friday July 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Carey Grant and Rosselyn Ruselle are perfection in this movie!! They embody the strife of the women's movement clashing with the men!
Fastest smartest dialogue there is. The screwballiest of the screwballs July 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Get a load of the title--pure irony. I mean, yeah, OK, Cary Grant DOES manage to get Rosalind Russell to revert back to her old newspaper ways, in spite of her initial adamant refusal to do so...but she really does it cause it's in her blood, not because good old Cary is a dominating type. She's NOT his girl Friday; she's her own person. Dig the Abe Lincoln stovepipe hat--nice touch. Newspaper people are honest. Yep, of course they are.br /br /You can't get dialogue more whip smart, faster, and witter than this. It's just not possible, thanks to Billy Wilder, co-writer. While stuff like My Favorite Brunette and Nothing Sacred may have their occasional guffaws, His Girl Friday is so fast and furious you don't have time to guffaw--just marvel and laugh constantly at the amazing display of language fireworks, and the two leads who pull these fireworks off absolutely flawlessly. NOBODY else could have been cast in these two lead roles, NOBODY. Grant and Russell are PERFECT.br /br /One of the best American movies of the 40s and my vote for one of the best American comedies period. br /br /
His Girl Friday May 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
ESSENTIAL MOVIE!!! Cary Grant was a comedic genius with near impeccable timing. Rosalind Russell was perfect counterpoint. The repartee between the two is fast, furious witty. The director Howard Hawks put together one of the best comedies ever committed to film! Grant Russell were married but now divorced before the movie starts. He's the editor of a newspaper she's the ace reporter. They can't stand each other but they're the perfect team.br /br /This is considered to be of the screwball comedy version but there's so much intelligent stuff going on it's hard to consider it screwball. Hawks decided to give the film a fast pacing; many times Grant Russell (among others) are all talking at the same time. His Girl Friday was one of the first films to take this approach. There's never a dull or slow moment in the movie. If ever there was a film that could be the perfect comedy this one is it. There are some inside jokes, the best one involving Ralph Bellamy. This movie's pacing is so fast it demands to be seen more than one time. One of Hollywood's most entertaining movies of all time!
"I often wish you weren't such a stinker!" March 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cary Grant is such a great comedic actor! He doesn't even need to say anything - those facial expressions! Hilarious!br /Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is the editor of the Morning newspaper and boss of his ex-wife, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell). Hildy is an ace reporter who decides to get married and get away from the newspaper business to lead "a normal human life." After much convincing, Walter finally gets Hildy to write one last story for the paper before she leaves. And all the while he is trying to keep her there and win back her heart! He definitely succeeds!
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