{"product_id":"his-girl-friday-paperback","title":"His Girl Friday - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Lederer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This will bring us back together again. Just the way we used to be.\"\u003c\/i\u003e- Walter Burns, \u003ci\u003eHis Girl Friday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCelebrated for its humor, spontaneity, unpredictability, and quick tempo \"overlapping\" dialogue, \u003ci\u003eHis Girl Friday\u003c\/i\u003e is a noteworthy 1940 American screwball (a subgenre of romantic) comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Hollywood legends, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, with Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWanting to win back his ex-wife \"Hildy\" Johnson (Russell), who is also his star reporter, newspaper editor Walter Burns (Grant) tries to convince her to cover one more story together, and he gets them enmeshed in a prominent murder case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe script for \u003ci\u003eHis Girl Friday\u003c\/i\u003e was written by Charles Lederer and famous writer and director Ben Hecht (uncredited), and is based on Hecht's prominent 1928 play, \u003ci\u003eThe Front Page, \u003c\/i\u003e that he co-wrote with Charles MacArthur.\u003cbr\u003eThe film, ranked in the past in the top 100 films by The American Film Institute, features numerous special techniques, including the use of rapid, often witty, overlapping lines to make conversations in the screenplay sound more real-life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this beautifully designed book edition of the original film screenplay, the original dialogue from the film is reproduced complete with an accompanying commentary that enables the reader to understand the splendor of this Hollywood classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConsidered an overall favorite of leading Hollywood critics, and the legendary director Quentin Tarantino, \u003ci\u003eHis Girl Friday\u003c\/i\u003e is also held in popular esteem - enjoying a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 99% based on 100 reviews, with an average rating of 9 out of 10. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53300923433267,"sku":"9798350501193","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CnVqOSDp-m9798350501193.webp?v=1777501021","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/his-girl-friday-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}