His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday1940

Director: Howard Hawks
Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 92 minutes

The Front Page, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's classic 1928 newspaper play, has had three official film versions and contributed structural DNA to half the movies ever made about professional camaraderie and fierce love-hate friendships. Lewis Mi… more »



Williams:
He [the soap-box speaker] said everything should be made use of.

Hildy:
It makes quite a bit of sense, doesn't it?...Now look, Earl, when you found yourself with that gun in your hand, and that policeman coming at you, what did you think about?...You must have thought of something...Could it have been, uh, 'production for use'?...What's a gun for Earl?

Williams:
A gun?...Why to shoot, of course.

Hildy:
Oh. Maybe that's why you used it.

Williams:
Maybe.

Hildy:
Seems reasonable?

Williams:
Yes, yes it is. You see, I've never had a gun in my hand before. That's what a gun's for, isn't it? Maybe that's why.

Hildy:
Sure it is.

Williams:
Yes, that's what I thought of. Production for use. Why, it's simple isn't it?

Hildy:
Very simple.

Williams:
There's nothing crazy about that, is there?

Hildy:
Nope. Nothing at all.

Williams:
You'll write about that in your paper, won't you?

Hildy:
You bet I will.

Williams:
I liked talking to you.

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