What is His Girl Friday / The Major and The Minor about?

Double Feature: New Print! HIS GIRL FRIDAY, 1940, Sony Repertory, 92 min. Dir. Howard Hawks. This frenzied remake of Hecht and MacArthur’s THE FRONT PAGE switches ace newsman Hildy Johnson to a woman (Rosalind Russell at her peak), while Cary Grant plays cynical editor Walter Burns. The unparalleled cast includes Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Cliff Edwards and tons more. Featuring some of the most rapid-fire dialogue ever, by screenwriters Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR, 1942, Universal, 100 min. Billy Wilder made his Hollywood directorial debut with this wartime farce, cowritten with frequent collaborator Charles Brackett. Ginger Rogers sparkles as a woman who masquerades as a 12-year-old girl to travel by train on a child’s fare; Ray Milland is the military man who shelters her.

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What is His Girl Friday / The Major and The Minor about?: Double Feature: New Print! HIS GIRL FRIDAY, 1940, Sony Repertory, 92 min. Dir. Howard Hawks. This frenzied remake of Hecht and MacArthur’s THE FRONT PAGE switches ace newsman Hildy Johnson to a woman (Rosalind Russell at her peak), while Cary Grant plays cynical editor Walter Burns. The unparalleled cast includes Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Cliff Edwards and tons more. Featuring some of the most rapid-fire dialogue ever, by screenwriters Charles Lederer, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR, 1942, Universal, 100 min. Billy Wilder made his Hollywood directorial debut with this wartime farce, cowritten with frequent collaborator Charles Brackett. Ginger Rogers sparkles as a woman who masquerades as a 12-year-old girl to travel by train on a child’s fare; Ray Milland is the military man who shelters her.