Movie #161: His Girl Friday

Movie #: 161
Movie Title: His Girl Friday
Year Released: 1940

Director: Howard Hawks
Notable Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Clarence Kolb, John Qualen

Short Description: A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #58
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: N/A



Date Watched: 2/28/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: There are not a lot of notable things to say about His Girl Friday other than the dialog was witty and Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell complimented each other very well. In a good way it felt much more modern than a movie from 1940. As I’ve said before regarding other movies, I don’t know if it’s necessarily a top 100 all time movie, but it’s probably a top tier example of movies from that age in film making.