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His Girl Friday

194092 minUnited States
RomanceComedyDrama
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Original language
English
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91:11
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English

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Synopsis

A newspaper editor learns that his former wife and best reporter intends to remarry and leave journalism. He persuades her to cover one final execution story. Professional instinct, romantic manipulation and a developing news crisis combine to make departure increasingly difficult.

Cast

DirectorsHoward Hawks

Inspirations

The adaptation of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's The Front Page makes its reporter a woman and the editor's former wife. That structural change joins the newspaper rivalry to a romantic contest.

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