directed by: Howard Hawks, year: 1940
actors: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

A fast-talking screwball comedy set in a bustling newspaper office, His Girl Friday follows star reporter Hildy Johnson as she plans to quit journalism for marriage. Her ex-husband and newspaper editor Walter Burns will stop at nothing to keep her at the paper, twisting a simple murder story into a relentless barrage of wits, double crosses, and romantic sparks. With rapid-fire dialogue and electric chemistry between Grant and Russell, it remains a quintessential Hollywood screwball.

Screwball, Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Screwball Comedy, Classic Hollywood