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Adolphe Menjou, Arline Judge, Edgar Kennedy, Edward Everett Horton, Frank McHugh ...( see more  see more... ) , Franklin Pangborn , George E. Stone , Harold Lloyd , Jimmy Conlin , Mae Clarke , Mary Brian , Matt Moore , Pat O'Brien , Raymond Walburn , Rudy Vallee , Slim Summerville , Walter Catlett

Howard Hughes produced this first film version of the Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur play, fresh from its wildly successful Broadway engagement; it's at once a close transcription of the stage piece and,...( read more  read more... ) under Lewis Milestone's aggressively inventive direction (which includes using a bouncing camera to underline the rapid-fire dialogue), a typically eccentric, anything-goes bit of early sound filmmaking. Pat O'Brien, in one of his first films, flies through the role of Hildy Johnson, the ace tabloid reporter with dreams of getting married and going straight; sleek Adolphe Menjou is his boss, the wily editor Walter Burns, who's desperate to keep Hildy on staff to cover an upcoming execution. Director Howard Hawks added whole levels of thematic depth and dramatic tension when he made Hildy a woman (Rosalind Russell) in his 1940 remake, His Girl Friday, but the Milestone version has its own gritty integrity and even manages to challenge Hawks in the strength of its supporting cast: Mae Clarke, Walter Catlett, Frank McHugh, Edward Everett Horton, Slim Summerville, and George E. Stone. --Dave Kehr

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Unrated, 101 min.

Directed by: Lewis Milestone, Preston Sturges

Release Date: April 4, 1931

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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001

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  • hypathio7
    July 3, 2008
    hypathio7
    want to see this because it was nominated for best picture at the oscars
  • RuthieGreenGirl
    February 23, 2008
    RuthieGreenGirl
    The witty dialogue is so rapid and I loved it.
  • Roughead18
    January 21, 2007
    Roughead18
    wanna see it i cant wAIT LOL !!!

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