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Article: Keeping up with Hawks.(Style in Cinema)(filmmaker Howard Hawks)
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- September 22, 1998
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We had an interesting thing during the making of it - the newspaper-men, who looked on the story of Front Page as a sort of Bible, were rather horrified at the idea of changing the reporter to a girl. We arranged a showing to the newspapermen, and we had the screen split into two parts. We ran the one picture on one and the other picture on the other, and they said, "My God, your picture's so much faster than the other!"
- Hawks on Hawks
As is well known- Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's 1928 play The Front Page was first made into a film by Lewis Milestone in 1931 and then by Howard Hawks as His Girl Friday in 1939. With Ben Hecht's collaboration, ...
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... ... Syndicate Cineman Syndicate 01-01-1994 Movie Review: HIS GIRL FRIDAY Starring: Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant Released: 1940 Star Rating (of 4): **** Director: Howard Hawks, Rated ? A howlingly funny version of The front page, brought ...
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