Pre-code screwball comedy about a newspaper editor and his star reporter, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Based on the 1928 play "The Front Page", this was the second of numerous adaptations but the first version to make Hildy a female character.

"His Girl Friday" (1940) Directed & produced by Howard Hawks Screenplay by Charles Lederer & Ben Hecht (uncredited) Based on the play "The Front Page" (1928) by Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur

This film is in the public domain.