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His Girl Friday ()

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A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
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Walter Burns
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Hildy Johnson
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Bruce Baldwin
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Sheriff Hartwell
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Murphy
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Bensinger
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Endicott
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Mayor
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McCue
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Wilson
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Sanders
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Louie
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Duffy
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Earl Williams
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Mollie Malloy
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Mrs Baldwin
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Joe Pettibone
Pat West ...
Warden Cooley
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Dr. Egelhoffer
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Gus (uncredited)
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Mike (uncredited)
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Insurance Doctor (uncredited)
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Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
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Cop (uncredited)
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Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)
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Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Pete Davis (uncredited)
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Frank - Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ...
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
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Carl - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Evangeline (uncredited)
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Newsman (uncredited)
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Tim (uncredited)
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Gene (uncredited)
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Skinny (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke ...
Newspaper Office Worker (uncredited)

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Howard Hawks ... (directed by)

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Charles Lederer ... (screen play)
 
Ben Hecht ... (from the play "The Front Page") and
Charles MacArthur ... (from the play "The Front Page")
 
Ben Hecht ... (screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Morrie Ryskind ... (additional dialogue) (uncredited)

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Howard Hawks ... producer (uncredited)

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Sidney Cutner ... (uncredited)
Felix Mills ... (uncredited)

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Joseph Walker ... director of photography

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Gene Havlick ... film editor

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Lionel Banks

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Robert Kalloch ... (gowns) (as Kalloch)

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Cliff P. Broughton ... assistant director (uncredited)
Paul Helmick ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Lodge Cunningham ... sound (uncredited)

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Cliff Shirpser ... assistant camera (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Morris Stoloff ... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Ben Oakland ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Jed Harris ... the play "The Front Page" as produced by
Chet La Roche ... script doctor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Having been away for four months, Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) walks into the offices of the New York City-based The Morning Post, where she is a star reporter, to tell her boss, editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant), that she is quitting. The reason for her absence was among other things to get a Reno divorce, from, of all people, Walter, who admits he was a bad husband. Hildy divorced Walter largely because she wanted more of a home life, whereas Walter saw her more as a driven hard-boiled reporter than subservient homemaker. Hildy has also come to tell Walter that she is taking the afternoon train to Albany, where she will be getting married tomorrow to staid straight-laced insurance agent, Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), with whose mother (Alma Kruger) they will live, at least for the first year. Walter doesn't want to lose Hildy, either as a reporter or a wife, and if he does, doesn't believe Bruce is worthy of her. Walter does whatever he can at least to delay Hildy and Bruce's trip, long enough to persuade Hildy to stay for good. His plan includes doing whatever he can to place Bruce in a bad light, while dangling a big story under her nose, namely covering what the newspaper believes is the unfair imminent execution of convicted cop killer, Earl Williams (John Qualen). Hildy doesn't trust Walter in dealing with her and Bruce in an above-board manner, but the lure of what potentially may become the biggest story in years, which includes true love, a bumbling sheriff (Gene Lockhart) and a corrupt mayor (Clarence Kolb), the latter's actions largely in light of an upcoming election, may prove to be too much for Hildy to resist, especially if it ends up being an exclusive. Regardless of the story outcome, Hildy will have to decide if the thrill of the chase was worth the anguish on her personal life. Written by Huggo

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Taglines The raciest love battle in years! A wild, witty whirlwind of hysterics..! (Print Ad-Meriden Daily Journal, ((Meriden, Conn.)) 21 February 1940) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (United States)
  • Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (United Kingdom)
  • La dame du vendredi (France)
  • Sein Mädchen für besondere Fälle (Germany)
  • Luna nueva (Spain)
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Trivia One of the first films (preceded by Stage Door (1937)) to have characters talk over the lines of other characters, for a more realistic sound. Prior to this, movie characters completed their lines before the next lines were started. See more »
Goofs When Bruce Baldwin comes to the press room late in the movie, an electric fan and small shelf on the wall to the left of the door both completely disappear. Both have been there in all previous scenes and both reappear after this scene. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into This Is It (2009). See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: It all happened in the "Dark Ages" of the newspaper game--when to a reporter "Getting that story" justified anything short of murder. Incidentally you will see in this picture no resemblance to the man and woman of the press today. Ready? Well, once upon a time - - See more »
Quotes [describing Bruce]
Walter Burns: He looks like that fellow in the movies - Ralph Bellamy.
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