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18 January 1940 (USA)
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She learned about men from him! more
Plot:
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying. full summary | full synopsis
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1 win
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(16 articles)
Blu-Ray Review: ‘The Ugly Truth’ is Neither Funny Nor Romantic
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 23 November 2009, 2:02 PM, PST)
Farber on Film: Introduction, Part 4 (After Negative Space)
(From The Auteurs. 18 November 2009, 7:36 AM, PST)
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 23 November 2009, 2:02 PM, PST)
Farber on Film: Introduction, Part 4 (After Negative Space)
(From The Auteurs. 18 November 2009, 7:36 AM, PST)
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Roz Russell Is on the Case
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cary Grant | ... | Walter Burns |
 | Rosalind Russell | ... | Hildy Johnson |
 | Ralph Bellamy | ... | Bruce Baldwin |
 | Gene Lockhart | ... | Sheriff Hartwell |
| Porter Hall | ... | Murphy |
| Ernest Truex | ... | Bensinger |
| Cliff Edwards | ... | Endicott |
| Clarence Kolb | ... | Mayor |
| Roscoe Karns | ... | McCue |
| Frank Jenks | ... | Wilson |
| Regis Toomey | ... | Sanders |
| Abner Biberman | ... | Louie |
| Frank Orth | ... | Duffy |
| John Qualen | ... | Earl Williams |
| Helen Mack | ... | Mollie Malloy |
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Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday (USA) (complete title)
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92 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G (TV rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
USA:Approved (PCA #5823) |
USA:TV-G (TV rating) |
Finland:K-3 (video rating: 1993) |
France:U |
Portugal:M/6 |
South Korea:15 |
UK:U (1996) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:12 (DVD rating) |
Spain:T |
Sweden:15 |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:U (video rating) (1994) |
West Germany:o.Al. (original rating)
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One of the first, if not the first, films to have characters talk over the lines of other characters, for a more realistic sound. Prior to this, movie characters completed their lines before the next lines were started.
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Continuity: When Walter goes to take Hildy and Bruce to lunch, his hat jumps from his right hand to his left hand between shots.
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Hildy Johnson:
[to Walter] Listen to me, you great big bubble-headed baboon!
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Referenced in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Desert Cantos (#2.15)" (2009)
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What was the twist in this remake?A NOTE REGARDING SPOILERS
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Every good thing you've heard about this movie is true. It may very well be the fastest paced movie I've ever seen. Jerry Bruckheimer's most hyperbolic action movie ain't got nothing' on this one.
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell were a brilliant screen pair (indeed, it seems that no one was bad casting when paired with Cary Grant) as rival reporters in a furiously paced news office. Russell is the odd man, or should I say odd girl, out, due to her lack of a penis, but she proves herself more than capable of holding her own with the boys.
Russell charges across the screen and never loses momentum for a second. She's goofy, sexy and hysterical. The funniest moment in the film comes when she's chasing a man down the street (I won't go into details) and dive tackles him to the ground.
One of the first films from the 40s and a highlight of the decade.
Grade: A+