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His Girl Friday
Release Date: January 18, 1940
Year | : | 1940 |
Slogan | : | «She learned about men from him!» |
Genres | : | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Production Companies | : | Columbia Pictures |
Director | : | Howard Hawks |
Producers | : | Howard Hawks, Jed Harris |
Writers | : | Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht, Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur |
RunTime | : | 92 mins. |
Hildy, the journalist former wife of newspaper editor Walter Burns, visits his office to inform him that she's engaged and will be getting remarried the next day. Walter can't let that happen and frames the fiancé, Bruce Baldwin, for one thing after another, to keep him temporarily held in prison, while trying to steer Hildy into returning to her old job as his employee.
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Trailer: HIS GIRL FRIDAY Trailer [1940]
Trailer: His Girl Friday ≣ 1940 ≣ Trailer
Featurette: Howard Hawks on the Dialogue in HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Trailer: His Girl Friday (1940) Trailer 1
Featurette: Allan Arkush on HIS GIRL FRIDAY
Trailer: His Girl Friday - Trailer
Featurette: 'His Girl Friday' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times
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