His Girl Friday is a 1940 film directed by Howard Hawks. The film's plot is a romantic comedy that follows the adventures of Walter Burns, a newspaper editor, and Hildy Johnson, his ex-wife and former reporter, as they work together on a hot story and navigate the chaos of the newsroom.

Plot

Walter Burns (played by Cary Grant) is the top editor of "The Morning Post" newspaper. When he learns that his ex-wife Hildy Johnson (played by Rosalind Russell), a brilliant journalist, is about to marry a businessman and retire from journalism, Walter decides to do everything in his power to convince her to stay and work with him on a breaking news story.

The story involves a man wrongly convicted and sentenced to death, and Hildy becomes embroiled in a plot involving corrupt politicians and a flawed justice system. As they work on the story, Walter pulls out all the stops to bring Hildy back into his life, using his charm and manipulation skills.

The plot is characterized by rapid, witty, and sarcastic dialogue, with a frenetic pace that keeps the audience engaged. "His Girl Friday" is known for the chemistry between Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and its satirical portrayal of journalism and the world of newspaper editors of the time.

Director: Howard Hawks

Writers: Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht

Producer: Howard Hawks

Music: Sidney Cutner

Main Cast:

• Cary Grant as Walter Burns
• Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson
• Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin
• Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell
• Helen Mack as Molly Malloy
• Porter Hall as Murphy
• Ernest Truex as Roy Bensinger
• Cliff Edwards as Endicott

Major Awards: The film is considered one of the masterpieces of screwball comedy and has been included in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.

Box Office Gross: The film achieved good box office success.

Critical Reception: His Girl Friday is a screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. The plot follows the story of Hildy Johnson, a journalist played by Rosalind Russell, who decides to leave journalism to get married and lead a quiet life, but her former boss, played by Cary Grant, goes to great lengths to persuade her to change her mind. The film is known for its rapid-fire dialogue and frenetic pace, typical of screwball comedy. It was praised for the performances of Grant and Russell and their on-screen chemistry. His Girl Friday is considered one of the masterpieces of the genre and a classic of film comedy.