HIS GIRL FRIDAY

DIRECTOR: Howard Hawks
WRITERS: Charles Lederer, based on "The Front Page" by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
STARS: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
SUPPORTING PLAYERS: Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Ernest Truex, Cliff Edwards, Clarence Kobb, Roscoe Karns, Frank Jenks, John Qualen, Billy Gilbert
1940, 92m

"Hawks's masterpiece...The marvelous quality about [the playing of Grant and Russell] -- and neither was ever more adroit -- is her cold-eyed acceptance of his cunning, which in itself amounts to a rapprochement. What is also there, whether consciously or not, is the glamour of people like Hildy and Burns: they are one step ahead, the haves -- as opposed to the have-nots, such as the stolid fiancé (Ralph Bellamy) and the condemned man; and the other reporters also are absolutely true to that generation of American humorists. The timing throughout is brilliant."
-- David Shipman, The Story of Cinema.

"The antagonistic male relationship of the original is deftly converted into sexual conflict."
-- Andrew Sarris

"Some of the best farce lines ever written in this country."
-- Pauline Kael

"Splendid comedy...terrific character actors add sparkle to must-see film."
-- Leonard Maltin

SHOWTIMES: 1:00, 4:25, 7:50
CO-FEATURE: BLESSED EVENT