"The Hollywood screwball canon is rife with witty zingers and provocative repartee, but when it comes to sheer speed, nothing in the genre holds a candle to Howard Hawks’s newsroom romantic comedy HIS GIRL FRIDAY. In what remains the most beloved screen incarnation of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s much-adapted Broadway hit 'The Front Page', nothing is allowed to interfere with the dizzying pace set by the actors, who compete to interrupt each other with sublime comedic effect.

Ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is matched in force only by her conniving but charismatic editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns (played by the peerless Cary Grant), who dangles the chance for her to scoop her fellow newswriters 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. Grant and Russell put a seductive spin on the cutthroat ethos of American journalism, trading barbs that establish their hard-boiled characters as both romantic soul mates and professional equals. Classic comedy doesn't get any sharper or timeless than this." (Promo Copy)