Theres so much to hear that you cant catch every line on a single viewing of the piece. Poznaj jego najnowsze oceny filmow i seriali, dodaj do znajomych oraz przeczytaj tresci tworzone przez uzytkownika. But on this, my third viewing, i still remain resolutely unconvinced that this is a romantic comedy at all. Jan 09, 2017 wherever he got the idea, his girl friday 1940 reflected the olympian genius of howard hawks. As always, candy, popcorn, and pop will be available for no charge, and ill be leading a brief discussion after the film. This version also got a remake in 1988 as switching channels starring burt reynolds, kathleen turner, christopher reeve and ned beatty. To regain the love of his wife who wants to get a divorce, the editor of a newspaper sends her to make a senseless report. This is a wink at the fact that hildys gender in the film is switched. It was adapted for the movies from the play the front page by ben hecht and charles macarthur. The result was his girl friday 1940, one of hollywoods most remembered screwball comedies a genre hawks titles like his girl friday helped to create. The story goes that when hawks was holding readings for the parts, he was shorthanded an actor and instructed his secretary to. But the film, and hildy herself, also worry that theres something not quite decent, or not quite right, about a woman wanting to succeed and have her name on a street sign. His girl friday by howard hawks cary grant, rosalind. His girl friday contains other delights not least bellamys magnificent straight man, noble, clumsy and hopelessly out of his depth, a country cousin to joel mccreas tom jeffers in the.
Neither is political corruption, which also plays in the story. Howard hawkss his girl friday at bam the village voice. I just watched this film for the very first time, and thought it was curious that it was stressed that a black cop was killed, in the case that drives the plot. Nov 15, 2016 ladies did you get a chance to watch the movie his girl friday. The exhusband, exwife plot angle was created for his girl friday and made the story equally as entertaining as the original but unique in its own right. Why i love the first scene of his girl friday the guardian. Jul 29, 2012 while a large part of his girl friday s charm resides in its synthesis of witty, fastpaced dialogue with rapid editing and quick camera movements, another way of understanding why the film is so enjoyable and engaging is to see it as a quintessential example of a classical hollywood film. I hadnt seen this movie in a few years, and i was interested to see it again for this discussion im a big fan of. Theres certainly plenty going on in its last 20 minutes to support that labelling especially. Having been away for four months, hildy johnson 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, that she is quitting. And if you listen closely, youll hear a couple of in jokes, one concerning cary grants real name archie leach, and another poking fun at. May 26, 2017 the 1080p transfer of his girl friday is a highdefinition scan of a new 35mm finegrain master positive struck from the nitrate original camera negative though where the negative was too damaged, duplicate 35mm elements were scavenged. Its doubtful that one could find a movie as fastpaced as howard hawks his girl friday, and nexttoimpossible to find a film of the period more laced with sexual electricity. Such an analysis appropriately identifies his girl fridays general thematic terrain, but it misrepresents the films specific effects.
His girl friday is certainly very funny it is also slickly directed, and the chief parts are acted with diamondcutdiamond precision by rosalind russell and cary grant. Cary grant in screwball comedy his girl friday video film. To mark what would have been cary grants 1th birthday, watch a scene featuring the supersmooth comedy maestro opposite rosalind russell in comedy classic his girl friday. Walter burns cary grant is a newspaper editor who learns his exwife is about to marry a bland insurance man and settle down to a quiet life. The dialogue in his girl friday is devilishly quick, and more than a few codebending comments sneak through largely due to the speed of their delivery. Jan 18, 2017 to mark what would have been cary grants 1th birthday, watch a scene featuring the supersmooth comedy maestro opposite rosalind russell in comedy classic his girl friday. His girl friday may well be the fastest comedy of the 1930s, with kaleidoscope action, instantaneous plot twists, and overlapping dialogue. The cinefiles gender and ideology in his girl friday. It has one of the finest roles for a female reporter in hildy johnson rosalind russell, who.
Determined to prevent this from happening, walter sets about ruining hildys plans to remarry using every devious trick he can come up with including having her fiance arrested, and tempting her with the scoop of her career. The 1080p transfer of his girl friday is a highdefinition scan of a new 35mm finegrain master positive struck from the nitrate original camera negative though where the negative was too damaged, duplicate 35mm elements were scavenged. The title his girl friday is an ironic title, because a girl friday represents a servant of a master, but hildy is not a servant in the film, but rather the equal to walter. Perhaps the funniest, certainly the fastest talkie comedy ever made, this inspired adaptation of hecht and macarthurs the front page adds an extra dimension. The world in this film is not determined by gender, but rather by intelligence and capability. Sep 02, 2015 why i think this is a classic 40s movie. His girl friday moves and talks so fast that it zooms past thriller into screwball comedy, despite its central story involving the race to save a convicted man from the gallows.
His girl friday remains one of the most riotously entertaining and witty comedies to ever be made in hollywood. His girl fridays dialogue carries a fast and staccato delivery that mimics the tapping of its characters fingers on their typewriters, drumming out a rhythm that creates a beautiful story. One of my favorite old time palmer books final decision. It is a pity that criterion has apparently given up on recordings new commentary tracks because his girl friday is so chock full of great unsung supporting players and clever dialog, it wouldve been a real pleasure to listen to one of the many excellent film historians who wouldve spotlighted all of the performances and quirks in this. Why i love the first scene of his girl friday film. His girl friday moves and talks so fast that it zooms past thriller into screwball comedy, despite its central story involving the race to. Howard hawkss his girl friday at bam by nick pinkerton. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free.
Theres also a considerable amount of underhanded behavior. For instance, walter has bruce arrested twice, gives him counterfeit money, and plans to rig the election with biased reporting. His girl friday is a 1940 american comedy film directed by howard hawks starring cary grant, rosalind russell and ralph bellamy. His girl friday is a film that provides endless small pleasures to its audiencea frenetic movie about attraction, ambition, and work that hasnt lost a stepits funny, and not in that appreciativetitter ah, that was the golden age way. His legendary skill came in being able to sustain the tone throughout the picture, whichever avenue he was taking. His girl friday 15 great films about newspapers film.
This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of his girl friday. The american film institute is grateful to sir paul getty kbe and the sir paul getty kbe estate for their dedication to the art of the moving image and their support for the afi catalog of feature films and without whose support afi would not have been able to achieve this historical landmark in this epic scholarly endeavor. Bierze jednak jeszcze ostatnie zlecenie od wydawcy swojej gazety i bylego meza. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard hawks and starring cary grant and rosalind russell. His girl friday 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. His girl friday was the first screwball comedy to depart from the moneymarriageego conflicts of holiday, my man godfrey, and the philadelphia story, inserting into the same comic structure and pattern of action a conflict between career and marriage. Exreporter hildy johnson, recently divorced from fasttalking newspaper editor walter burns, pays him a visit at the office of the morning post to tell him that she is marrying mildmannered insurance salesman bruce baldwin.
Supporting the immaculate restoration is an exceptional transfer to dvd format. Sep 24, 20 his girl friday contains other delights not least bellamys magnificent straight man, noble, clumsy and hopelessly out of his depth, a country cousin to joel mccreas tom jeffers in the. The plot centers on a newspaper editor named walter burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and exwife hildy johnson, newly engaged to another man. While a large part of his girl fridays charm resides in its synthesis of witty, fastpaced dialogue with rapid editing and quick camera movements, another way of understanding why the film is so enjoyable and engaging is to see it as a quintessential example of a classical hollywood film. The story goes that when hawks was holding readings for the parts, he was shorthanded an actor and instructed his secretary to read one of the roles. Why is the female lead in his girl friday crucial to the. Parents need to know that while theres no sex or bad language in his girl friday, you do see a character jump out the window to her death and many characters pull guns on one another.
A classic screwball comedy in which russell plays reporter hildy johnson, who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and exhusband, grant. His girl friday is one of my favorite palmer books. His girl friday is another of the screwball comedies so popular in the 1930s and one of the better ones. Bierze jednak jeszcze ostatnie zlecenie od wydawcy swojej gazety i. Anybody who ever worked in the journalism business, or wished they had been around for newspaperings madcap era, must feel a quickening at the opening tracking shot of howard hawks classic comedy. This digitally remastered edition of his girl friday brings greater clarity to this movie than ive ever seen in all of its previous presentations. I can understand why his girl friday is usually labelled, first and foremost, a screwball romantic comedy. His girl friday looks as good here as it must have during its initial theatrical run in 1940. Hildy is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and exhusband, walter burns played by the peerless cary grant, who dangles the chance for her to scoop her fellow news writers with the story of an.
His girl friday offers a clear identification between women and the animal world, while men strive to maintainmastery. Ladies did you get a chance to watch the movie his girl friday. The play was an immediate success and considered an instant classic. Its appropriate that a film about journalists should be so heavy on dialogue. His girl friday salutes journalism and the amazing rosalind. Such an expert merging of genre only capable by the master hawks. Some of the best movies about journalism punch up the workaday reporting process into tickingclock deadline thrillers. His girl friday salutes journalism and the amazing. The play and other adaptations cannot come close to the roller coaster dialogue, which snowballs chaotically into symphonies of discourse where even the most inane line can pull laughter from its. One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, his girl friday stars rosalind russell as reporter hildy johnson, a standout among cinemas powerful women.
Jun 12, 2015 well be screening his girl friday on thursday, june 25, at 7. Howard hawkss 1940 his girl friday reworked a decadeold broadway smash, the front page, in. His girl friday is a 1940 screwball comedy from columbia pictures starring cary grant, rosalind russell, and ralph bellamy, adapted from the play the front page by ben hecht and charles macarthur, and directed by howard hawks. His girl friday 1940 some of the best movies about journalism punch up the workaday reporting process into tickingclock deadline thrillers. The original version of his girl friday was a play from 1929 called the front page, in which hildy is a man. Howard hawks has succeeded in making this film a classic. You can stream it for free on amazon prime if you havent. Notice the emphasis on women at work in the very first moments. Finally, the his girl friday script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring cary grant and rosalind russell. In the end, his girl friday is an absolutely unbeatable romantic comedy that remains wildly hilarious and comes as close to sheer perfection as any motion picture could ever hope to. Louis marcorelles called his girl friday, le film americain par excellence. The 1940 film his girl friday is often described as one of the best screwball comedies ever made.
Wherever he got the idea, his girl friday 1940 reflected the olympian genius of howard hawks. Now, that fact plays into the plot when it is noted that since the colored vote is quite influential in this town, the authorities up for reelection want to secure that vote. Directed by howard hawks, this is a fastpaced story teaming cary grant and rosalind russell. Throughout the 1940s, careermarriage decisions for women provided the crises in several. His girl friday script transcript from the screenplay. The title of his girl friday switches the gender of the servant. Dziewczyna pietaszek 1940 his girl friday rozwiedziona reporterka, hildy johnson, pragnie ponownie wyjsc za maz. His girl friday as a classical hollywood film narrative. The story concerns an editor walter burns trying to keep his best reporter hildy johnson from quitting and getting married so he can cover a breaking story. His girl friday, a precursor to the front page, is a superb 1940 comedy directed by howard hawks. Remastered, it was more enjoyable to watch cary grant, rosalind russell, and the rest of the cast work their magic in this howards hawks finely crafted film. So his girl friday signals both that hildy is a woman and that the role used to be for a man. This is part three in our series on working girl movies.
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