Howard Hawks' His girl Friday / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; screen play by Charles Lederer ; directed by Howard Hawks. The front page / Howard Hughes presents ; Lewis Milestone's production ; by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur ; adaptation by Bartlett Cormack ; directed by Lewis Milestone.

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His girl Friday: Hildy Johnson is a reporter. Hildy is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 849.
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation (Presenter, Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977 (Film director, Film producer)
Lederer, Charles, 1910-1976 (Screenwriter)
Walker, Joseph B. (director of photography.)
Havlick, Gene, 1894-1959 (Editor of moving image work)
Stoloff, Morris, 1898-1980 (composer (expression))
Banks, Lionel, 1901-1950 (Art director)
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 (Actor)
Kalloch, 1893-1947 (Costume designer)
Russell, Rosalind (Actor)
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 (Actor)
Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957 (Actor)
Mack, Helen (Actor)
Hall, Porter, 1888-1953 (Actor)
Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980 (Film director)
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 (Film producer)
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 (Screenwriter)
MacArthur, Charles, 1895-1956 (Screenwriter)
Cormack, Bartlett, 1898-1942 (Screenwriter)
MacWilliams, Glen, 1898-1984 (director of photography.)
Mansfield, W. Duncan (Editor of moving image work)
Day, Richard, 1894-1972 (Art director)
Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963 (Actor)
O'Brien, Pat, 1899-1983 (Actor)
Brian, Mary, 1906-2002 (Actor)
Summerville, Slim, 1892-1946 (Actor)
Moore, Matt, 1888-1960 (Actor)
McHugh, Frank, 1899-1981 (Actor)
Wilson, Clarence, 1876-1941 (Actor)
Howard, Fred, 1899-1960 (Actor)
Tead, Phil, 1893-1974 (Actor)
Strong, Eugene, 1893-1962 (Actor)
Charters, Spencer, 1875-1943 (Actor)
Black, Maurice, 1891-1938 (Actor)
Weston, Effie Ellsler, 1858-1942 (Actor)
Wolbert, Dorothea, 1874-1958 (Actor)
Gordon, James, -1941 (Actor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue with optional SDH English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017]
Edition:Two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 849.
Subjects:
Divorced people > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Journalists > Drama.
Women journalists > Drama.
Reporters and reporting > Drama.
Newspaper employees > Drama.
Corruption > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Comedy films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (92 min., 101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Variant Title:
His girl Friday [Parallel title]
Front page
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • [Disc 1.] His girl Friday / starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall ; screenplay by Charles Lederer ; director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Gene Havlick ; art direction, Lionel Banks ; gowns by Kalloch ; musical director, M.W. Stoloff ; directed by Howard Hawks.
  • [Disc 2.] The front page / Howard Hughes presents ; Lewis Milestone's production ; by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur ; photography, Glen MacWilliams ; settings, Richard Day ; editor, W. Duncan Mansfield ; starring, Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Walter L. Catlett, George E. Stone, Mae Clarke, Slim Summerville, Matt Moore, Frank McHugh, Clarence H. Wilson, Freddie Howard, Phil Tead, Gene Strong, Spencer Charters, Maurice Black, Effie Ellsler, Dorothea Wolbert, James Gordon ; directed by Lewis Milestone.