Review of His Girl Friday (1940) by Alexander C — 14 Apr 2008

''Of course he had to have a gun to re-enact the crime with. And who do you think supplied it? Peter B. Hartwell. B For brains.''.

A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.

Cary Grant: Walter Burns.

Rosalind Russell: Hildegaard 'Hildy' Johnson.

Ralph Bellamy: Bruce Baldwin.

An old Classic with Cary Grant. His Girl Friday I saw in Childhood, the film is slightly annoying if you take it too seriously.

It has some killer lines and the plot is crazily addictive. Music is fitting to the times.

Not a fave old film of mine, I prefer Cary Grant in the Hitchcock movies and scorchers like Operation Petticoat.

Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant chemistry was good in this, pity they never worked together after this movie though. Typical reporter behavior carrying hidden tape recorders and microphones doing anything for a scoop.

It's a fun film but definitely dated...

Nonetheless it's a classic but not one of my faves.

''Walter, you're wonderful, in a loathsome sort of way.''.