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His Girl Friday
Grant and Russell excel as a divorced couple trading barbs and heated glances across the newsroom, as they race to uncover the story of the year.
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Director
Howard Hawks
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With
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
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USA 1940. 92min
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Digital
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Certificate
U
The second screen adaptation of Hecht and MacArthur’s Broadway hit The Front Page genderswaps one of its leads, introducing electric sexual tension, the resentment of a failed marriage and enough one-liners to fill a newsroom. Grant and Russell ad-lib, quip and dance circles around their co-stars in this screwball classic, which follows far-from-ordinary ‘newspaperman’ Hildy on her quest to live an ordinary life.
Ruby McGuigan
The screening of His Girl Friday on Wednesday 29 May will be introduced by Geoff Andrew, Programmer-at-Large.
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