His Girl Friday

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His Girl Friday is a classic 1940 screwball comedy film renowned for its rapid-fire dialogue, sharp wit, and influential take on gender roles in a fast-paced newsroom setting.

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Generate an image of His Girl Friday (His Girl Friday is a classic 1940 screwball comedy film renowned for its rapid-fire dialogue, sharp wit, and influential take on gender roles in a fast-paced newsroom setting.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
screwball comedy film ⓘ
basedOn The Front Page ⓘ
basedOnPlayBy Ben Hecht ⓘ
Charles MacArthur ⓘ
character Bruce Baldwin ⓘ
Hildy Johnson ⓘ
Walter Burns ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph Walker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Howard Hawks ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Gene Havlick ⓘ
genre newspaper film ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ
hasFilmRating Public Domain in United States ⓘ
influenced films about journalism ⓘ
later screwball comedies ⓘ
mainSubject gender roles ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ
musicBy Felix Mills ⓘ
Sidney Cutner ⓘ
notableFor overlapping dialogue ⓘ
portrayal of a female reporter ⓘ
rapid-fire dialogue ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf National Film Registry ⓘ
producer Howard Hawks ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1940-01-11 ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
registrySelectionBy Library of Congress ⓘ
registrySelectionReason aesthetically significant ⓘ
culturally significant ⓘ
historically significant ⓘ
releaseFormat black-and-white ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter Ben Hecht ⓘ
Charles Lederer ⓘ
Charles MacArthur ⓘ
setting Chicago ⓘ
linked to: City of Chicago

newspaper newsroom ⓘ
starring Cary Grant ⓘ
Ralph Bellamy ⓘ
Rosalind Russell ⓘ

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Ben Hecht → notableWork → His Girl Friday ⓘ
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I. A. L. Diamond → notableWork → The Front Page ⓘ
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