His Girl Friday (1940) - A Better Offer Scene (1/12) | Movieclips

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Walter (Cary Grant) and Hildy (Rosalind Russell) reunite several months after their divorce.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
The second screen version of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play The Front Page, His Girl Friday changed hard-driving newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson from a man to a woman, transforming the story into a scintillating battle of the sexes. Rosalind Russell plays Hildy, about to foresake journalism for marriage to cloddish Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy). Cary Grant plays Walter Burns, Hildy's editor and ex-husband, who feigns happiness about her impending marriage as a ploy to win her back. The ace up Walter's sleeve is a late-breaking news story concerning the impending execution of anarchist Earl Williams (John Qualen), a blatant example of political chicanery that Hildy can't pass up. The story gets hotter when Williams escapes and is hidden from the cops by Hildy and Walter--right in the prison pressroom. His Girl Friday may well be the fastest comedy of the 1930s, with kaleidoscope action, instantaneous plot twists, and overlapping dialogue. And if you listen closely, you'll hear a couple of "in" jokes, one concerning Cary Grant's real name (Archie Leach), and another poking fun at Ralph Bellamy's patented "poor sap" screen image. Subsequent versions of The Front Page included Billy Wilder's 1974 adaptation, which restored Hildy Johnson's manhood in the form of Jack Lemmon, and 1988's Switching Channels, which cast Burt Reynolds in the Walter Burns role and Kathleen Turner as the Hildy Johnson counterpart.
CREDITS:
TM & © Public Domain (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Director: Howard Hawks
Producer: Howard Hawks
Screenwriters: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Charles Lederer
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[@spokospokospokospoko]

"Divorce doesn't mean anything nowadays, Hildy. Just a few words mumbled over you by a judge." Lol.

[@victoriastandeven4170]

Cary Grant makes every scene funny. That's hard to do!

[@randykoger4646]

Rosalind outdoes him in every comeback.

[@bunnymalone]

"If you'da been a gentleman you'dve forgotten all about it." Always makes me laugh.

[@bjklein444]

Fast moving. Well written. The era's best performers are framed in this classic movie. What's more, the content of this film is just as relevant today as it was when it was written. Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell are the fast talking duo in this; one of Old Hollywood's best films. 🎥 🎬🎞📽

[@michaelsmith3943]

3:52 was amazing!

[@tommybolton9706]

WRONG!

[@k-leb4671]

2:18 So, before people sent way too many texts to each other a day, they sent way too many telegrams?

[@carlosdaudt88]

it was my first thought as well lol

[@1125bjfitz]

If ex’s acted like this today we’d have a perfect world.

[@sandoncrowder7839]

84 years ago now, what a great movie.

[@BPDHANA]

3.21 - 3.25 LOL!! Super funny comedic conversational piece :D :D

[@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io]

I love this chemistry

[@okcomputer0101]

Reminds me of Moonlighting and Will and Grace. The pace and style.

[@MichaelDelvalle-nt4gp]

i love moonlighting

[@MichaelDelvalle-nt4gp]

didnt they have a scene where david was watching this scene in moonlighting? or am i thinking of some other show?

[@deckofcards87]

Cary Grant practically glows, hard not to watch him when he's on screen

[@troyevitt2437]

I swear Cary Grant was the inspiration for Don Draper in "Mad Men".

[@melissavidic2895]

Troy Evitt yes

[@Fed804]

And James Bond and Superman.

[@randywhite3947]

@@Fed804 not Superman as Grant wasn’t a star yet

[@incky-pinky]

also, an inspiration for David Addison from Moonlighting! The way they bicker reminds me of Maddie and David 😅

[@PlagueRatt]

I love that Paige Sinclair from Bojack Horseman was based on Hildy

[@mauriziogoldoni2606]

Unforgettable scene.

[@jackierosas9593]

The dialogue and delivery is so good, I want to make love to it!

[@albertmartinez1781]

They’re both very sharp

[@Agent101g]

It's Paige Sinclair and Maximillian Banks from Bojack Horseman!

[@erlycuyler]

Love Bojack!

[@alenanela1743]

Oh my gosh!

[@aspergerart4635]

Yes, those two Bojack characters are based on these two 😉

[@beedubree2550]

cant believe i never picked up on that before

[@BowieSatva]

Dorothy! Hahaha 😂 What does death have to do with it! 😆 -Goethe

[@BowieSatva]

I FOLD!

[@divangibran8007]

2:38 Pomplamoose - expiration date

[@Abhi_Maan]

back when Cigarettes didn't cause cancer

[@thecoon197]

Back when vaccines didn't cause autism.

[@phoebeclark4718]

Back when everyone was in denial about cigarettes causing cancer

[@rhondathompson6942]

@@phoebeclark4718 back then people where not that nosy

[@thepants1450]

@@rhondathompson6942 lol what

[@101Volts]

@@phoebeclark4718 "Charlie Chan in Monte Carlo" (filmed in 1937) had a line from an innkeeper, saying that her husband smoked himself to death by his mid 40s. So no, not everyone was into cigs.

[@KDrop84]

My nana smoked 3 packs a day for 60 years. No cancer. She is 91 now

[@enricoluccarini3626]

Mine smoked until she was 92; then she broke her hip, and died.

[@user-yn7pb2fr5e]

Pulp fiction scenario brought me here)

[@TheE1974]

Cary Grant is the man

[@TheE1974]

I think that Cary Grant and Clark Gable are the best stars in movie history. Elegant with unique style.

[@edgardoaltmann8619]

@@TheE1974 tenes razon. Saludos gallinaceos

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

LOVE RALPH BELLAMY WITH ALL MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL

[@aasthabisht3431]

Bojack Horseman

[@tommybolton9706]

i remember seeing this in theaters on my 53rd birthday

[@jjammmees]

You must be over 100 years old now if you were 53 in 1940

[@dislikemyvideochallenge5049]

It's funny cause his profile pic 😂

[@Aethelhadas]

@@dislikemyvideochallenge5049 Was the comment some sort of a joke? 😭

[@SexyPigeon]

Yo this movie is lit fam!

[@hawkchun]

This was the undeniable chemistry, quick dialogue and furious passion that Quentin wanted in his dialogue between the Englishman and the constantly contradictory american young women, both found in Pulp Fiction. Read the screen play of pulp fiction and you will recognize the genius of Quentin.

[@revolutionaryviews9702]

Then he was a copycat.

[@krisrussell3480]

@@revolutionaryviews9702 All artists are copycats.

[@ririschannelx]

In other words, an unoriginal hack

[@slothmanthepug8755]

to this movie was to hard to understand and it bored me. also to me it just feels like a piece of work designed mostly to get a world record for faster dialogue. but thats my opinion cause I'm more of a slapstick and stupid humor kind of guy like space balls and blazing saddles

[@mizofan]

the great copycat, always trying to be cool, his films all about films

[@adroidtnonplussed6919]

My new favorite Film Noir. So perfect.

[@randywhite3947]

This is a comedy not noir

[@thepants1450]

Screwball comedy

[@enricoluccarini3626]

What's noir about it? It's about news reporters.

[@jjammmees]

Fantastic

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

Is he good

[@josephglynn545]

pulp fiction script

[@12classics39]

Let’s be real: Grant’s character is completely unsympathetic.

[@thisismedoods6597]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Izlandzadi14]

One of the worst movies ever made

[@abeautifullittlefool1758]

If we ignore what the story is they're trying to break, this is still a great movie. Honestly I'll still watch it regardless 😬🫢

[@TerryWaitesRadiator]

And you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?