His girl Friday
(DVD)

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[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Status
Washingtonville-Moffat Library of Washingtonville - Adult Entertainment DVD
Comedy DVD-H
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (Blu-ray) (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
715515189514

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
General Note
Full screen (1.33:1).
General Note
Special features: New 2K restoration of Lewis Milestone's The Front Page (1931); New interview with film scholar David Bordwell; archival interviews with Howard Hawks; featurettes from 1999; radio adaptation from 1940; new piece about the restoration of The Front Page; new piece about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht; radio adaptations of the play The Front Page from 1937 and 1946; trailers; booklet.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Joseph Walker ; editor, Gene Havlick ; musical director, M.W. Stoloff.
Participants/Performers
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall.
Description
Hildy Johnson is a reporter who is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns, who dangles the chance for her to scoop her fellow news writers with the story of an impending execution in order to keep her from hopping the train that's supposed to take her to Albany and a new life as a housewife.
System Details
Blu-ray, region A; full frame (1.33:1 screen ratio); uncompressed monaural.
Language
English dialogue with optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hawks, H., Lederer, C., Grant, C., Russell, R., Bellamy, R., Lockhart, G., Mack, H., Hall, P., Walker, J. B., Havlick, G., Stoloff, M., & Hecht, B. (2017). His girl Friday . The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Howard Hawks et al.. 2017. His Girl Friday. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Howard Hawks et al.. His Girl Friday The Criterion Collection, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hawks, Howard, et al. His Girl Friday The Criterion Collection, 2017.

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