Crescent Theater: Tuesday Talkies, Non-Silent Films from the Golden Age of Hollywood
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His Girl Friday (1940) is a fast-talking screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.
The story follows ace newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Russell), who has decided to leave the hectic world of journalism to get married and settle into a more conventional life. Her editor—and ex-husband—Walter Burns (Grant) has other plans. Desperate to keep both his star reporter and his former wife, Walter lures Hildy back into covering one last s
The story follows ace newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Russell), who has decided to leave the hectic world of journalism to get married and settle into a more conventional life. Her editor—and ex-husband—Walter Burns (Grant) has other plans. Desperate to keep both his star reporter and his former wife, Walter lures Hildy back into covering one last s