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The Resource His girl Friday, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenwriter, Ben Hecht ; director, Howard Hawks

His girl Friday, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenwriter, Ben Hecht ; director, Howard Hawks

Contributor
Summary
Hildy Johnson is a reporter. Hildy 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 that2s supposed to take her to Albany and a new life as a housewife
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (92 min.)
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
  • Full screen (1.33:1)
  • Special features: New interview with film scholar David Brodwell; archival interviews with director Howard Hawks; featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, Rosalind Russell, and the making of; radio adaptation from 1940; His Girl Friday trailers; booklet
Isbn
9781681432328
Instance
Label
His girl Friday
Title
His girl Friday
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures presents ; screenwriter, Ben Hecht ; director, Howard Hawks
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Hildy Johnson is a reporter. Hildy 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 that2s supposed to take her to Albany and a new life as a housewife
Member of
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
791.43/72
Language note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.H57 2017
PerformerNote
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1896-1977
  • 1894-1964
  • 1904-1986
  • 1904-1991
  • 1894-1964
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Hawks, Howard
  • Hecht, Ben
  • Grant, Cary
  • Russell, Rosalind
  • Bellamy, Ralph
  • Hecht, Ben
  • Criterion Collection (Firm)
Runtime
92
Series statement
Criterion collection
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Journalists
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Divorced people
  • Divorced people
  • Journalists
  • Man-woman relationships
Technique
live action
Label
His girl Friday, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenwriter, Ben Hecht ; director, Howard Hawks
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
  • Full screen (1.33:1)
  • Special features: New interview with film scholar David Brodwell; archival interviews with director Howard Hawks; featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, Rosalind Russell, and the making of; radio adaptation from 1940; His Girl Friday trailers; booklet
Accompanying material
1 booklet
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn966646492
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (92 min.)
Isbn
9781681432328
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2704BD-1
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)966646492
System details
Blu-ray, full screen (1.33:1); mono; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
His girl Friday, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenwriter, Ben Hecht ; director, Howard Hawks
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 1940
  • Full screen (1.33:1)
  • Special features: New interview with film scholar David Brodwell; archival interviews with director Howard Hawks; featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks, Rosalind Russell, and the making of; radio adaptation from 1940; His Girl Friday trailers; booklet
Accompanying material
1 booklet
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn966646492
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
other
Edition
Blu-ray edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (92 min.)
Isbn
9781681432328
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
CC2704BD-1
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)966646492
System details
Blu-ray, full screen (1.33:1); mono; requires Blu-ray player
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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