His Girl Friday (1940)

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago at May 21 4:25

"I wouldn't cover the burning of Rome for you if they were just lighting it up!" His Girl Friday is a hysterically funny screwball comedy masterpiece by one of cinema's greatest directors, Howard Hawks. This film is purely one of the funniest classic comedies I've ever seen. Although roughly 70 years old the film is still a wickedly enchanting oddball comedy, and its original impact has only marginally dissipated. Based on a successful Broadway smash (that was filmed as a movie) by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the film follows conniving newspaper editor Walter Burns (Grant) who works for the Morning Post. Former ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Russell) returns to the Morning Post to tell her ex-husband Walter that there's a new lover in her life, and to bid him farewell one last tim...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 2 years ago at Oct 20 6:48

Rosalind Russell not Cary Grant, is really the central character in this movie. While the witty banter goes around and around bringing laughs all around, the real story is about journalists that are supposed to get to the truth, but only manipulate everyone around them to suit their own needs. A very humorous condemnation of politicians, journalists, and law enforcement.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 4 months ago at Jun 28 17:33

I know I'm supposed to like this movie. It's got a great director, fabulous actors and witty dialog. And yet I hate the plot. Cary Grant spends the whole movie lying and plotting and just being pretty despicable. I guess I like him more when he charms a woman into falling for him (which he does pretty easily) rather than being a loathsome cad. I much prefer Philadelphia Story or Holiday to this movie.

Rating : 5/10