This is my favourite film. Remember watching it as a kid with Mum in the midday slot on weekday television. Brilliant screenplay, ensemble acting, and dialogue. These people really knew how to make a movie. Incredible that it's out of copyright.
This was the reason for pacing in the 1985 movie Clue. Jonathan Lynn insisted the cast had to watch it and said “this is the pace we’re aiming for with Clue”
@@lubaniskie If you are a Clue fan, there is a new documentary about the making of it called "Who Done It: The Clue Documentary". I'm in it for about 30 seconds 🙂
@@dgibbs005 Very cool! Clue is my all time favorite movie. It's the best comfort movie, for rainy days and days when I don't feel good. I'll watch the doc! Where can I find you in it???
@@noodlepoodlegirl There are actually three different parts where I’m in it. All are in the last 1/3rd of the doc. I’ll get the times and will let you know. 😊
One of the best written films ever a great comedy, starring the fabulous Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. The banter between these two is unsurpassed as far as quick wit dialog. One of my favorite comedy's of all time!! Everyone should enjoy this movie, a movie that never gets old.
If you like this as much as I do (and I see you do) then I recommend checking out other movies scripted by Donald Ogden Stewart like Topper and Night Life of the the Gods. Those are the titles that come to mind at the moment but there's more.
The rapidity of dialogue is true of every element. Note the reporters different and escalating reporting of the capture of Earl Williams. From "He was unconscious when captured" to "broke through a whole cordon of police!" And the two scenes with Billy Gilbert/"Pettibone".
I remembered when I first watched this film, I didn't want it to end. I absolutely adore the dialogue and pacing. Thats why I knew the terrorists from "North to Northwest" didn't stand a chance against Cary Grant. He won tougher battles, like overturning his divorce with Hildy Johnson!
Could you clarify on how His Girl Friday was crisp and hysterical? Perhaps you could share your insight into the humour of the film, because I did not find it as hilarious as you did, unfortunately.
No, although the editing in His Girl Friday was very good, the best editing - or one of the top ten ever in history - was Shane. That editor was a true craftsman!
I saw this film when I was in high school and it made me want to be a journalist. Ha ha. No newsroom I’ve ever been in has been as exciting as in this movie.
This is definitely why I was on the school paper til it turned out no one else was on the school paper except the editor of the school paper who was doing it for their college resume. But the school cable access show had these vibes and I learned how to do camera work.
The best ever remake of “The Front Page”! Brilliant casting with Cary Grant as Walter Burns and Rosalind Russell as Hildy! Changing the gender of Hildy was a great touch!
Wow! That was so good! What a real treat to see stars of the past who could also act and deliver an excellent script. Comedy and timing by the cast was priceless. Thanks for sharing.
I was introduced to this in a film class in college in the 90's. So grateful to that professor for exposing me to this genius. One of my favorite films.
One of THE GREATEST! comedies (maybe romantic comedy) of all time. The writing and directing were a tour-de-force in film making. And yes, both Grant and Russell were so fantastic, retired their roles.
This movie received a 98 review .I'm give it 100. Delightful fast paced classic comedy. Found myself laughing throughout it, something I haven't done for a long time. Thanks for posting it!
Rosalind Russel!!!! Wonderful movie and Cary Grant AAAAHH! what a dreamy man and his acting.....both of these and the whole cast....well done....great-fuuunny movie. I have enjoyed inmensely....Keep them coming. THAAANK YOU!!!!
Happily liked and shared. A high energy romp that hits wayyyy below the belt on gender identity and societal roles. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel deliver A-list performances in a movie where professional talent trumps everything else- even the pursuit of happiness.
Watched this movie today!What a great comedy!! Loved the banter between Walter and hildy....this is the oldest movie I have watched till now...but loved the way it was written.Also hildys character as a woman is so strong and well written for those times...I wonder if women became more repressed post the world war 2 ...or maybe because she was shown as an educated city movie...but anyways loved her character
This is really the perfect film...it's got it all. Legendary director, cinematographer, actors and character actors...snappy dialogue that really exemplifies "screwball" comedy...story that keeps you engaged...they just don't make em like anymore! Nowadays they can't even come up with an original story "Take H itler and stick him on the funny pages!"
"The coloured vote is important in this town." 1940 film. Talking about the results of a court case of a black ( or coloured, what ever''s political correct) policeman who was shot by a white man. This has lots more of these gems. This was when dialogue was natural and more of it. Nice to see these two principal actors working together.
i’m pretty sure colored hasn’t been correct since at least the 60s. i would say you are fine with black, African-American (if they are American) or person of color.
Watching this classic makes you realize how far down the drain Hollywood is now located. First-rate acting and directing skills on the menu. The press room scene near the end is pure genius. Then again, that was Hollywood's golden era of comedy.
@@danmar007 The Golden AGE is from roughly 1927 to 1969, and also is known as the Studio Era. The logistics of movie making shifted from studios and producers to directors, for example. So, it's JUST a name, the Golden Age, to describe a period involving certain aspects and means of production. If you are poo pooing anything after 1969, then uh, what exactly do you watch lol?
@@Filmfist Jumping to conclusions is a centuries-old practice that should be banned already. Esp evilly when it's used to poo-poo someone's opinion. And as we all know, opinions are not facts.
your comment is what's referred to as gobbeldy-gook. Aspirations of loftiness but stuck below ground. Aka word salad. All sizzle and no steak. @@danmar007
Safe bet that Rosalind is wearing couture crafted. You don't find a tailored fit like that hanging on a rack. I was so bedazzled by that diagonal cut pin-stripe that I had to replay the first 15 minutes to pay attention to the show.
what’s fun is that this is actually based on Walter Winchell and his “girl Friday” in Ben Hecht and Charlie MacArthur’s “The Front Page.” In that golden. age of wit, there were really tough brilliant minds.
With all the schools and higher schools and higher than higher schools on acting ... how come there isn't a soul around who can act like those guys from the past like Cary Grant, Charles Laughton etc.? (edit) WHO DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT SCHOOLING?
It's called writing. Incredible that a movie, more than a few actually, could be made where the word "fuck" was never uttered. I just can't see how the writers managed it. How's that done? Why can't we do it now?
This was the first film I came across where people would talk over each other.. prior to this film actors would wait for each others lines to be said. One of my favorite movies
@@carolleenkelmann3829 Hollywood does kind of thing. What name, they reasons SOUNDS better (for different reasons) to the public. Jack Lemmon tells the story of when he came to Hollywood to sign a contract with Columbia's Harry Cohn, who was concerned that if he made a bad film, the critics would call it Lemmon's Lemon. So said Cohn, "Ler's call you Jack Lennon." This was in the middle of the McCarthy anti-Communist scare. Lemmon said, "Are you crazy> McCarthy will get me blackballed because I SOUND like "like I'm pro-Russian. I keep my name."
Every line is perfect. Hildy's outfit is magnificently hideous. Bruce must have been selling insurance on the farm. The reporters were some of the mainstay character actors of the day. A true gem.
Love this Movie. First saw it on TV in my early adult years. I am now 52 and it's still as good from when first watched it. Did you have a Alan Ladd movies I'm a huge fan of his since seeing Shane with my dad as a young teen. Another movie that is timeless 😎
It's one of my favorites too. I think Grant played it like Groucho might have. The dialogue fits either actor. That's the Donald Ogden Stewart touch, I think, unless it came from the play. Stewart''s one of my favorite comedy screenwriters.
It's miles beyond the original. Almost unrelated! And that's Hawks! He often improvised during filming in almost all of his movies--like no other director and Grant was a natural fit with him.
You’re looking at a Hollywood produced movie, which is fictional and asking why don’t we dress like this. Even the average person in the 1940’s didn’t dress like this. It’s like asking why don’t we all dress in ball gowns and suits everyday. The answer: We are broke and don’t live in a movie.
Coming after 'Stage Door', 1937, ' 'Friday' features the-then novel overlapping - dialogue. Normal dialogue in films is roughly aroung 90 words per minute.....here, it's about 240, only possible with overlapping dialogue......making 'Friday a masterpiece!
I really enjoyed this wonderful comedy. Russell and Grant are simply extraordinaire. While I was watching the first 10 minutes , I said to myself : I know this story very well but I'm sure I've never seen this movie before. After 15 minutes I realized that not so long ago I saw the Billy Wilder's version of this comedy, with Jack Lemmon playing the role of Rosalind Russell and, obviously, Walther Matthau in Grant's part. Liked much both of them
I recently watched the original of this The Front Page with Adolph Menjou . The dialogue in many ways is not changed from that movie to this remake. I usually hate remakes of anything especially when they gender swap, but His Girl Friday is the sole exception to where the remake is actually better. it's better acted , Ros Russell as Hildy was perfect and the improvised banter between Crant and Russell really made this a much better film. Love this movie especially when Hildy tackles that guy Cooley after the jail break.
WALTER: "There's a guy downstairs in a cab named Bruce Baldwin. WOMAN: What does he look like? WALTER: "Oh, he looks like that guy. What's his name...oh, Ralph Bellamy."
It's so funny when a line like that pops up in a film! When Jimmy Stewart played in the vacation, everywhere his character went news reporters and fans would circle around him thinking he was Jimmy Stewart cuz "he looks just like him!" But that film struggled to be funny. This one never does!
Loved this film and the Marvelous performances since first seen it over 50 years ago; but as I asked my Psych Prof. 'I never understood why-the-Hell Hildy went back to her Old Office---once it is over, it's over----except for one under-lying rationale: Hildy was STILL in Love with Burns; and was really wanting for him to 'win her back. LoL....just so well written....
The Rotten Tomatoes review says: "Anchored by stellar performances from Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday is possibly the definitive screwball romantic comedy." I agree. Although they have nothing in common except for Grant, this reminded me instantly of another hilarious comedy, "Arsenic and Old Lace," as both have the speed-talking Grant, never-ending twists and turns, extremely witty puns and jokes, and a great script that does not take even a 2-second rest from the opening credits until "The End."
My favorite line from "Arsenic and Old Lace" is Grant trying to explain his crazy family to his fiance "Insanity doesn't just run in my family,...it positively GALLOPS!"🤣😆
@@ladywisewolf3942 Indeed, perhaps the most hilarious of many such lines in the film. I also don't think anyone could have done that role better or funnier than Cary Grant.
Capra reached beyond himself in that gem. That and "It Happened One Night" are a universe beyond his patriotic and cornball schlock like "Mr Smith Goes To Wash." and others.
Rosalind Rusell is such a Dame ✨ 👁️👄👁️✨ her character is extremely charming band i also LOVE how there's a touch of feminism in this uffff changes things wonderfully
When women had personality, style and wit. You can see how she carries herself and has confidence, not attitude. The actresses today would kill for a script like this, but they're not worthy.
After watching this I had a bursting headache and other than the reconciliation between the lead actor and actress (obvious from the beginning), I have no idea what the story was about. All that fast talking was impenetrable.
I've watched this movie countless times and it always make me laugh. Cary Grant especially just looks like he's having the best time, Did anyone catch his naming Archie Leach to someone on the phone in the last scene? Archie Leach - the name he was born with,
No one can play a fast, talking reporter like Rosalind Russell. She was fantastic in Mame. I don’t know how someone can talk so fast and get it right. I’d love to be a fly on the wall while they were filming to see how many mistakes she must’ve made! Lol. Poor Bruce, being arrested two or three times. Hysterical. 😅
A funny bit of inside Hollywood trivia on this film. The script writers must of had a sense of humor because although the setting is supposed to be a pseudo "New York" all the streets referenced in the movie were in Hollywood: Wilcox, Melrose, Western. And all not far from Columbia Studios. I know this because I went to school 2 blocks from Columbia Studios.
This is my favourite film. Remember watching it as a kid with Mum in the midday slot on weekday television. Brilliant screenplay, ensemble acting, and dialogue. These people really knew how to make a movie. Incredible that it's out of copyright.
This was the reason for pacing in the 1985 movie Clue. Jonathan Lynn insisted the cast had to watch it and said “this is the pace we’re aiming for with Clue”
Interesting, cause I heard this movie inspired the pacing in clue.
@@lubaniskie If you are a Clue fan, there is a new documentary about the making of it called "Who Done It: The Clue Documentary". I'm in it for about 30 seconds 🙂
@@dgibbs005 Very cool! Clue is my all time favorite movie. It's the best comfort movie, for rainy days and days when I don't feel good. I'll watch the doc! Where can I find you in it???
@@noodlepoodlegirl There are actually three different parts where I’m in it. All are in the last 1/3rd of the doc. I’ll get the times and will let you know. 😊
Clue is my young kids fave movie. They couldn’t get enough. Can’t wait to share this with them.
One of the best written films ever a great comedy, starring the fabulous Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. The banter between these two is unsurpassed as far as quick wit dialog. One of my favorite comedy's of all time!! Everyone should enjoy this movie, a movie that never gets old.
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As a Huge Fan of Rapid Verbal Humor, I Quite Agree 😄.
JaneLee 🕊️ - in Suburban Philadelphia
12/23/20
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄
If you like this as much as I do (and I see you do) then I recommend checking out other movies scripted by Donald Ogden Stewart like Topper and Night Life of the the Gods. Those are the titles that come to mind at the moment but there's more.
@@dontaylor7315 ;
Also:
"The Philadelphia Story" 1940
"An Affair To Remember" 1957
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2/19/21
@@dontaylor7315 The Front Page is also another good one.
The rapidity of dialogue is true of every element. Note the reporters different and escalating reporting of the capture of Earl Williams. From "He was unconscious when captured" to "broke through a whole cordon of police!"
And the two scenes with Billy Gilbert/"Pettibone".
I remembered when I first watched this film, I didn't want it to end. I absolutely adore the dialogue and pacing. Thats why I knew the terrorists from "North to Northwest" didn't stand a chance against Cary Grant. He won tougher battles, like overturning his divorce with Hildy Johnson!
I especially enjoyed when the female character referred to Black toddlers as "Pickaninnies".
@@ThomasFromTN Charming
North BY Northwest is a great film.
@ThomasFromTN it's a disgusting word. But I think the movie is still amazing despite that.
@@ThomasFromTNbyw- it was one of the male reporters who used the word.
one of my favorite movies, Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant were brilliant. The dialogue was crisp and hysterical.
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Yep! No flat spots and no bad turns. Totally engaging.
The acme of screwball comedies.
Could you clarify on how His Girl Friday was crisp and hysterical? Perhaps you could share your insight into the humour of the film, because I did not find it as hilarious as you did, unfortunately.
Favorite comedy of all time. I know every word anytime I'm down I watch this movie to cheer me up. I hope they DO NOT remake this
Well the have remade it. With Burt Reynolds and Kathleen Turner if i remember right
@@musiknutzit’s been done several times including Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau version.
I love this film so much. I had to study it at university and immediately became hooked on classical Hollywood.
Everything about this film is perfection. And the dialogue is even better than that!
Watching this right now. What a great movie. Whitty and rapid fire dialogue. Nonstop sharp oneliners that kept me glued to the movie. Beautiful flow.
I've seen this movie at last 10 or 20 times; and never pass up a chance to see it again.; Love it.🌹
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You will
Cary Grant is never difficult to look at ...
Maybe the best edited movie ever. When Earl Williams escapes and the film jump-cuts from one writer to the next one, it is masterful editing...
No, although the editing in His Girl Friday was very good, the best editing - or one of the top ten ever in history - was Shane. That editor was a true craftsman!
I have no idea why anyone would label this as a rom-com but the drama was insane. I loved it.
Same, I was expecting a rom-com but definitely enjoyed it as a comedy with some drama.
I saw this film when I was in high school and it made me want to be a journalist. Ha ha. No newsroom I’ve ever been in has been as exciting as in this movie.
This is definitely why I was on the school paper til it turned out no one else was on the school paper except the editor of the school paper who was doing it for their college resume. But the school cable access show had these vibes and I learned how to do camera work.
The best ever remake of “The Front Page”! Brilliant casting with Cary Grant as Walter Burns and Rosalind Russell as Hildy! Changing the gender of Hildy was a great touch!
Really, she used to be a man?
@@mrs.crabtree527 Actually, she is the 'man' here: 13:08 'Allow me?'
Wow!
That was so good!
What a real treat to see stars of the past who could also act and deliver an excellent script.
Comedy and timing by the cast was priceless.
Thanks for sharing.
I was introduced to this in a film class in college in the 90's. So grateful to that professor for exposing me to this genius. One of my favorite films.
One of THE GREATEST! comedies (maybe romantic comedy) of all time. The writing and directing were a tour-de-force in film making. And yes, both Grant and Russell were so fantastic, retired their roles.
When the intro music got to around 34 seconds it put me in mind of Tom & Jerry lol .
Great film, really enjoyed it. Thank you 🙏.
This movie received a 98 review .I'm give it 100.
Delightful fast paced classic comedy.
Found myself laughing throughout it, something I haven't done for a long time.
Thanks for posting it!
magnificent and delicious film, outstanding Russell , Grant and Bellamy with quick, sharp , funny and witty dialogues. Exquisite
one of my 10 favorite movies of all time.
Hawks + Russell + Grant = total BLAST!
an unbeatable classic, a forever rewatch
I’ve seen this film so many times, but I keep watching it! I loved Rosalind Russell!! Great film, thanks for posting it!!
My favorite movie with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell!! Love 💕 this movie!!💖
Rosalind Russel!!!! Wonderful movie and Cary Grant AAAAHH! what a dreamy man and his acting.....both of these and the whole cast....well done....great-fuuunny movie. I have enjoyed inmensely....Keep them coming. THAAANK YOU!!!!
One off my favorite Oldies!!! Film. 🇩🇰🇺🇸🦅🗽🏆 Rosslyn incredible with Grant , their timings impeccable.❤️💜☺️
Happily liked and shared.
A high energy romp that hits wayyyy below the belt on gender identity and societal roles.
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel deliver A-list performances in a movie where professional talent trumps everything else- even the pursuit of happiness.
This was a brilliant play, and the story for at least two other film adaptations! A favorite!
One of my favorites. Great dialogue scarp and quick witted!!!
Excuse me “sharp”.
Watched this movie today!What a great comedy!! Loved the banter between Walter and hildy....this is the oldest movie I have watched till now...but loved the way it was written.Also hildys character as a woman is so strong and well written for those times...I wonder if women became more repressed post the world war 2 ...or maybe because she was shown as an educated city movie...but anyways loved her character
BRILLIANT! Unforgettable.
03:58 "There's been a lamp burning in the window for you, honey, here."
"I jumped out of that window a long time ago, Walter."
One of the best films ever!
Class film this is!! One of my favourites!!
This is really the perfect film...it's got it all. Legendary director, cinematographer, actors and character actors...snappy dialogue that really exemplifies "screwball" comedy...story that keeps you engaged...they just don't make em like anymore! Nowadays they can't even come up with an original story
"Take H itler and stick him on the funny pages!"
"It frightens me to think of what I'd like to do to you" lol. So many great lines in this film.
"The coloured vote is important in this town." 1940 film. Talking about the results of a court case of a black ( or coloured, what ever''s political correct) policeman who was shot by a white man. This has lots more of these gems. This was when dialogue was natural and more of it. Nice to see these two principal actors working together.
i’m pretty sure colored hasn’t been correct since at least the 60s. i would say you are fine with black, African-American (if they are American) or person of color.
....that's the one quote that stood out to you in this movie? 😑
“Excuse me Madam are you referring to me” gets me every time.
Watching this classic makes you realize how far down the drain Hollywood is now located. First-rate acting and directing skills on the menu. The press room scene near the end is pure genius. Then again, that was Hollywood's golden era of comedy.
unnecessary comment...there was plenty, and i mean plenty of garbage back then, and as now, also good stuff.
@@Filmfist I agree. But we won't be remembering today as a golden period in Hollywood.
@@danmar007 The Golden AGE is from roughly 1927 to 1969, and also is known as the Studio Era. The logistics of movie making shifted from studios and producers to directors, for example. So, it's JUST a name, the Golden Age, to describe a period involving certain aspects and means of production. If you are poo pooing anything after 1969, then uh, what exactly do you watch lol?
@@Filmfist Jumping to conclusions is a centuries-old practice that should be banned already. Esp evilly when it's used to poo-poo someone's opinion. And as we all know, opinions are not facts.
your comment is what's referred to as gobbeldy-gook. Aspirations of loftiness but stuck below ground. Aka word salad. All sizzle and no steak. @@danmar007
Safe bet that Rosalind is wearing couture crafted. You don't find a tailored fit like that hanging on a rack. I was so bedazzled by that diagonal cut pin-stripe that I had to replay the first 15 minutes to pay attention to the show.
That coat... 💕
They were designed and made by MGM costume designer Robert Kalloch .
Yes I noticed that too!
what’s fun is that this is actually based on Walter Winchell and his “girl Friday” in Ben Hecht and Charlie MacArthur’s “The Front Page.”
In that golden. age of wit, there were really tough brilliant minds.
A B ;
IMHO, This is the Better Version of,
"The Front Page", (1931)
JaneLee 🕊️ - in Suburban Philadelphia
1/3/21
and MacArthur was the long time husband of Helen Hayes ...
With all the schools and higher schools and higher than higher schools on acting ... how come there isn't a soul around who can act like those guys from the past like Cary Grant, Charles Laughton etc.? (edit) WHO DIDN'T HAVE ALL THAT SCHOOLING?
@Jacquelynn Booth That's on the job training, that's not the same as going to college to learn to be an actor like most of today's actors.
because society has changed
It's called talent. Time and place are irrelevant. It's a gift.
@@batekush8135 Yeah, it's called overkill on a not to important subject ... acting!
It's called writing.
Incredible that a movie, more than a few actually, could be made where the word "fuck" was never uttered. I just can't see how the writers managed it. How's that done? Why can't we do it now?
10/10 EXCEPTIONAL...MOVIES OF THIS CALIBRE ARE ALMOST EXTINCT NOWADAYS!
This was the first film I came across where people would talk over each other.. prior to this film actors would wait for each others lines to be said.
One of my favorite movies
01:17:44 . . What great line delivery. Watch his expression(s). This movie is timeless.
WALTER: "Listen, the man who said thst to me was Archie Leach (Cary Grant's real name)..."
@Gerald Spessard According to Wikipedia, he was born Archibald Alec Leach.
I wonder how he talked the producer into that?
@@carolleenkelmann3829 Hollywood does kind of thing. What name, they reasons SOUNDS better (for different reasons) to the public. Jack Lemmon tells the story of when he came to Hollywood to sign a contract with Columbia's Harry Cohn, who was concerned that if he made a bad film, the critics would call it Lemmon's Lemon. So said Cohn, "Ler's call you Jack Lennon." This was in the middle of the McCarthy anti-Communist scare. Lemmon said, "Are you crazy> McCarthy will get me blackballed because I SOUND like "like I'm pro-Russian. I keep my name."
As a tribute to the greatest light comedic actor of all, in A Fish Called Wanda the John Cleese character was ... Archie Leach.
@@carolleenkelmann3829 his birth name appears in a few films ... inside joke I guess ...
Still the GOAT. Nobody will ever beat how much I love this movie.
Every line is perfect. Hildy's outfit is magnificently hideous. Bruce must have been selling insurance on the farm. The reporters were some of the mainstay character actors of the day. A true gem.
One of my favourites...love Rosalind Russell 💙💜.
I like the comedic feature of this film, but what really stands out is how it parallels with our current social and political issues of today.
In my top 10 of favorite films. Just superb from beginning to end.
Very funny and clever script. Cary Grant is great in anything he's in! 🎥
Love this Movie. First saw it on TV in my early adult years. I am now 52 and it's still as good from when first watched it. Did you have a Alan Ladd movies I'm a huge fan of his since seeing Shane with my dad as a young teen. Another movie that is timeless 😎
13:12 is one of my favorite parts of the movie🤣🤣🤣 Cary was so sharp in this movie.
It's one of my favorites too. I think Grant played it like Groucho might have. The dialogue fits either actor. That's the Donald Ogden Stewart touch, I think, unless it came from the play. Stewart''s one of my favorite comedy screenwriters.
@@dontaylor7315 Interesting point about Grant playing it as Groucho might have. I can see that.
The hat knock-off at 23:33 was an accident but they kept going and played it off well!
Just brilliant
Great actors! Enjoyed the movie ! ❤️👍
How on earth did I not know this channel existed!!!!!
I love Cary Grant so much.♥️
Dialogue great!I always thought the TV show moonlighting owed alot to this film...
I love old movies 🥰😍🤗
Arguably the greatest remake ever made. Vastly superior to the first.
It's miles beyond the original. Almost unrelated! And that's Hawks! He often improvised during filming in almost all of his movies--like no other director and Grant was a natural fit with him.
God people looked and dressed so much more attractive back in 1940. Wtf happened?
Vatican ll
We got rich and lazy.
I've been watching a lot of old movies lately and I've noticed that too. You can even see the difference when you watch movies from the 50s and 60s.
You’re looking at a Hollywood produced movie, which is fictional and asking why don’t we dress like this. Even the average person in the 1940’s didn’t dress like this. It’s like asking why don’t we all dress in ball gowns and suits everyday. The answer: We are broke and don’t live in a movie.
@@ivryrayborn5970 I see your point.
Fourteen minutes or so into the film and Cary Grant's already done a scene worthy of Groucho with the fiance and the other guy.
Coming after 'Stage Door', 1937, ' 'Friday' features the-then novel overlapping - dialogue. Normal dialogue in films is roughly aroung 90 words per minute.....here, it's about 240, only possible with overlapping dialogue......making 'Friday a masterpiece!
Hawks constantly spurred on the actors to go faster and faster throughout the filming.
Love these old shows..
Please someone charge "Auntie Mame", that's another brilliant comedy with R. Russell.
I really enjoyed this wonderful comedy. Russell and Grant are simply extraordinaire.
While I was watching the first 10 minutes , I said to myself : I know this story very well but I'm sure I've never seen this movie before.
After 15 minutes I realized that not so long ago I saw the Billy Wilder's version of this comedy, with Jack Lemmon playing the role of Rosalind Russell and, obviously, Walther Matthau in Grant's part.
Liked much both of them
Ralph Bellamy, wonderful actor
Totally a great movie. Love it.
Anyone can be a bad actor. Great acting, there is so much happening internally.
I recently watched the original of this The Front Page with Adolph Menjou . The dialogue in many ways is not changed from that movie to this remake. I usually hate remakes of anything especially when they gender swap, but His Girl Friday is the sole exception to where the remake is actually better. it's better acted , Ros Russell as Hildy was perfect and the improvised banter between Crant and Russell really made this a much better film. Love this movie especially when Hildy tackles that guy Cooley after the jail break.
The tackle was hilarious and unexpected 😂
"Evangeline? @50:37 She ain't no albino - she was born right here in this country"
Rosalind Russel ROCKS here, really. Cary Grant is as perfect as he is but Russell is ROCKING the movie what an actress! 😀
Rosalind Russel was also great in Mame!
WALTER: "There's a guy downstairs in a cab named Bruce Baldwin. WOMAN:
What does he look like? WALTER: "Oh, he looks like that guy. What's his name...oh, Ralph Bellamy."
"...that guy in the movies...Ralph Bellamy..."
It's so funny when a line like that pops up in a film! When Jimmy Stewart played in the vacation, everywhere his character went news reporters and fans would circle around him thinking he was Jimmy Stewart cuz "he looks just like him!" But that film struggled to be funny. This one never does!
“Listen, the last man that said that to me was Archie Leach, just a week before he cut his throat.” Of course that was Cary Grant's real name.
Loved this film and the Marvelous performances since first seen it over 50 years ago; but as I asked my Psych Prof. 'I never understood why-the-Hell Hildy went back to her Old Office---once it is over, it's over----except for one under-lying rationale: Hildy was STILL in Love with Burns; and was really wanting for him to 'win her back. LoL....just so well written....
You didn't seen it, you saw it. For some reason Americans write and say this all the time. You saw, you dont seen!!!.😮😮❤
"You talking about Evangeline? She ain't no albino! She was born right here in this country!" 😂
Best screwball comedy of all time.
oh, I like their 'Bringing Up Baby' best for a screwball comedy ...
Another gem by Howard Hawks, quite possibly our (U.S.'s, I mean) best director ever.
A great film but in "the public domain" yet TH-cam is still trying to RENT it.Kudos for the upload
This print is even better than the dvd i bought - fantastic film -
thank you, Marty!
This is the masterpiece to end all masterpieces
On of my favorite classics
The Rotten Tomatoes review says: "Anchored by stellar performances from Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, His Girl Friday is possibly the definitive screwball romantic comedy." I agree. Although they have nothing in common except for Grant, this reminded me instantly of another hilarious comedy, "Arsenic and Old Lace," as both have the speed-talking Grant, never-ending twists and turns, extremely witty puns and jokes, and a great script that does not take even a 2-second rest from the opening credits until "The End."
My favorite line from "Arsenic and Old Lace" is Grant trying to explain his crazy family to his fiance "Insanity doesn't just run in my family,...it positively GALLOPS!"🤣😆
@@ladywisewolf3942 Indeed, perhaps the most hilarious of many such lines in the film. I also don't think anyone could have done that role better or funnier than Cary Grant.
Capra reached beyond himself in that gem. That and "It Happened One Night" are a universe beyond his patriotic and cornball schlock like "Mr Smith Goes To Wash." and others.
"Williams put up a desperate struggle but the police overpowered him!"
Yeah right.
That shit cracked me up:)
Sound is very low.
R R ;
Increase Your Volume 😏 !
@@janeleekeller it's on full volume. Never mind. I didnt really like it anyway. So no big deal . I stopped it
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Sorry You Couldn't Enjoy it, Roots 😕
Hope You have a Fine Day 😊,
JaneLee 🕊️ - in Suburban Philadelphia
1/5/21
@@janeleekeller yes, strange as I really love Cary normally, but I didnt find the plot and the dialogue engaging enough in this movie
@@rootsrockers109 ;
Oh Well 😕.
I'm Sure You'll find Something You Like
Eventually Roots 🙂.
Good Luck 🤞,
JaneLee 🕊️ - in Suburban Philadelphia
1/11/21
So *this* is where the “get out!” meme is from. 😂
Pure Cary Grant!
Not only a classic butt a great movie too!
Rosalind Rusell is such a Dame ✨ 👁️👄👁️✨ her character is extremely charming band i also LOVE how there's a touch of feminism in this uffff changes things wonderfully
"Sold to American!" Howard Hawks kept encouraging them to ad lib.
Brilliant.
His girl friday was one of most underrated Cary Grant movies..
When women had personality, style and wit. You can see how she carries herself and has confidence, not attitude. The actresses today would kill for a script like this, but they're not worthy.
After watching this I had a bursting headache and other than the reconciliation between the lead actor and actress (obvious from the beginning), I have no idea what the story was about. All that fast talking was impenetrable.
I used close captions.
I've watched this movie countless times and it always make me laugh. Cary Grant especially just looks like he's having the best time, Did anyone catch his naming Archie Leach to someone on the phone in the last scene? Archie Leach - the name he was born with,
No one can play a fast, talking reporter like Rosalind Russell. She was fantastic in Mame. I don’t know how someone can talk so fast and get it right. I’d love to be a fly on the wall while they were filming to see how many mistakes she must’ve made! Lol. Poor Bruce, being arrested two or three times. Hysterical. 😅
A funny bit of inside Hollywood trivia on this film. The script writers must of had a sense of humor because although the setting is supposed to be a pseudo "New York" all the streets referenced in the movie were in Hollywood: Wilcox, Melrose, Western. And all not far from Columbia Studios. I know this because I went to school 2 blocks from Columbia Studios.
Well not “pseudo” New York. They’re deciding to move “up” to Albany. If that’s not an NY reference I don’t know what is?!