Classic Cinema Sunday - His Girl Friday

This 1940’s romantic comedy still stands the test of time, It has you laughing out loud at the slapstick phsysicality and the straight up hilarious nature of the dialogue. His Girl Friday is based on a play called The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Though this premise is the same there is a gender change and Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is played as a woman. Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is the editor of a newspaper; The Morning Post. Walter does not wish to lose his star reporter and wife Hildy whom quit the position 4 months earlier, Hildy announces she wishes to divorce Walter in order to marry Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Walter decides that he’s not ready to give her up and through as variety of tricks he tries to keep her from leaving. The faced paced and witty dialogue combined with great chemistry between Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell makes for a very entertaining pairing.