His Girl Friday

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His Girl Friday is a classic 1940 screwball comedy film renowned for its rapid-fire dialogue, sharp wit, and influential take on gender roles in a fast-paced newsroom setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
romantic comedy film
screwball comedy film
basedOn The Front Page
basedOnPlayBy Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
character Bruce Baldwin
Hildy Johnson
Walter Burns
cinematographyBy Joseph Walker
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Howard Hawks
distributedBy Columbia Pictures
editedBy Gene Havlick
genre newspaper film
romantic comedy
screwball comedy
hasFilmRating Public Domain in United States
influenced films about journalism
later screwball comedies
mainSubject gender roles
journalism
newspapers
musicBy Felix Mills
Sidney Cutner
notableFor overlapping dialogue
portrayal of a female reporter
rapid-fire dialogue
originalLanguage English
partOf National Film Registry
producer Howard Hawks
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
publicationDate 1940-01-11
publicationYear 1940
registrySelectionBy Library of Congress
registrySelectionReason aesthetically significant
culturally significant
historically significant
releaseFormat black-and-white
runtimeMinutes 92
screenwriter Ben Hecht
Charles Lederer
Charles MacArthur
setting City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

newspaper newsroom
starring Cary Grant
Ralph Bellamy
Rosalind Russell

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Cary Grant notableWork His Girl Friday
Howard Hawks notableWork His Girl Friday
Howard notableWork His Girl Friday
subject surface form: Howard Hawks
Ralph Bellamy notableWork His Girl Friday
The Front Page adaptedAs His Girl Friday
The Front Page influenced His Girl Friday
Ben Hecht notableWork His Girl Friday
Archibald Alexander Leach notableWork His Girl Friday
Helen Mack notableWork His Girl Friday
I. A. L. Diamond notableWork His Girl Friday
this entity surface form: The Front Page
Clarence Kolb notableWork His Girl Friday
Walter Burns hasAdaptation His Girl Friday
this entity surface form: The Front Page (1940 film adaptation His Girl Friday, gender-swapped dynamics)
Joseph Walker notableWork His Girl Friday
Hildy Johnson notableFilmAdaptation His Girl Friday
this entity surface form: His Girl Friday (1940 film)
Harry Hayden notableWork His Girl Friday
Roscoe Karns notableWork His Girl Friday
Charles Lederer notableWork His Girl Friday
Charles Lederer wroteScreenplayFor His Girl Friday
Regis Toomey notableWork His Girl Friday
Regis Toomey notableWork His Girl Friday
this entity surface form: His Girl Friday (1940 film)
Bruce Baldwin appearsIn His Girl Friday