His girl Friday
(DVD)
Contributors
Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 film director.
Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976, screenwriter.
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 actor.
Russell, Rosalind actor.
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 actor.
Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976, screenwriter.
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 actor.
Russell, Rosalind actor.
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 actor.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681432335, 1681432331
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Adult DVD - Public Shelving
DVD Feature HIS
1 available
DVD Feature HIS
1 available
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Divorced people -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Hecht, Ben, -- 1894-1964 -- Film adaptations.
Journalists -- Drama.
MacArthur, Charles, -- 1895-1956 -- Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Reporters and reporting -- Drama.
Romantic comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women journalists -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Hecht, Ben, -- 1894-1964 -- Film adaptations.
Journalists -- Drama.
MacArthur, Charles, -- 1895-1956 -- Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Reporters and reporting -- Drama.
Romantic comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Women journalists -- Drama.
More Details
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-DVD special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681432335, 1681432331
UPC
715515189613
Notes
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
General Note
Based on the play The front page, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, as produced by Jed Harris.
General Note
Special features: New 4K restoration of Lewis Milestone's The Front Page (1931); New interview with film scholar David Bordwell; archival interviews with Howard Hawks; featurettes from 1999; radio adaptation from 1940; new piece about the restoration of The Front Page; new piece about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht; radio adaptations of the play The Front Page from 1937 and 1946; trailers.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Gene Havlick ; musical director, M.W. Stoloff.
Participants/Performers
His girl Friday: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall.
Participants/Performers
The front page: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Edward Everett Horton.
Description
Hildy Johnson is a reporter who is matched in force only by her conniving-but-charismatic ex-editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns, who dangles the chance for her to scoop her fellow news writers with the story of an impending execution in order to keep her from hopping the train that's supposed to take her to Albany and a new life as a housewife.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.33:1 screen ratio); Dolby digital monaural.
Language
English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hawks, H., Lederer, C., Grant, C., Russell, R., Bellamy, R., Lockhart, G., Mack, H., Hall, P., Walker, J. B., Havlick, G., Stoloff, M., Milestone, L., Menjou, A., O'Brien, P., Horton, E. E., Hecht, B., & MacArthur, C. (2017). His girl Friday (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Howard Hawks et al.. 2017. His Girl Friday. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Howard Hawks et al.. His Girl Friday The Criterion Collection, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hawks, Howard, et al. His Girl Friday Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2017.
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