The Golden Age of Hollywood

The Golden Age of Hollywood
"Garbo, Bogart, Bacall, Gable, K. Hepburn, Astaire, Rogers, Brando, The Marx Brothers, Crawford, Wayne, Stewart, Keaton, Colbert, Gene Kelly, Lancaster, Garland, Peck, Taylor, Douglas, Davis, A. Hepburn, Harlow, Hitchcock, Ford, Hawks, Grace Kelly, Olivier, Dietrich, Cagney, Gardner, Grant, Bergman, Fonda, Monroe, Dean, Welles, West, Holden, Loren, Leigh, Cooper and Fontaine, Tracy, Stanwyck, Gish, Power, Temple, Heston, Hayworth, Pickford"

Friday, November 12, 2010

Movie Review #9 - His Girl Friday

                         His Girl Friday (1940)
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Running Time: 92 minutes
Production Co.: Columbia Pictures
Academy Award Nominations: none

Hildy Johnson (Russell) has divorced Walter Burns (Grant) 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. Walter Burns can't let that happen and frames the other man, Bruce Baldwin (Bellamy), for a lot of stuff getting him into trouble all the time, while he tries to steer Hildy back into her old job as his employee (editor of his newspaper). He also wants her back.



Known for it's breathless dialogue, this movie is so funny. Personally i don't know how they talk so fast...Rosalind Russell steals the show. Cary Grant is great as usual. Coming off the success (ok maybe not box-office) of Bringing Up Baby, Howard Hawks does not disappoint. His Girl Friday is an absolute must see. Don't breath or you'll miss the movie.   

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