Director: Howard Hawks

Writer: Charles Lederer

From a play: The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur

Musical Director: M. W. Stoloff

Keywords: Romantic Comedy, Journalism, Wedding, Divorce

A newspaper editor's best reporter, who happens also to be his ex-wife, intends to get married and leave the business. He arranges a plum assignment for her, while at the same time engineering small mishaps to befall her new fiancé. This screwball comedy is definitely one of the fastest-talking, fastest-moving films of all time.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ralph Bellamy	Actor	17-Jun-1904	29-Nov-1991	Trading Places
Abner Biberman	Actor	1-Apr-1909	20-Jun-1977	Knock on Wood
Cliff Edwards	Musician	14-Jun-1895	17-Jul-1971	Ukulele Ike
Billy Gilbert	Actor	12-Sep-1894	23-Sep-1971	Comic actor and vaudevillian
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Porter Hall	Actor	19-Sep-1888	6-Oct-1953	Going My Way
Frank Jenks	Actor	4-Nov-1902	13-May-1962	Vaudvillian, character actor
Roscoe Karns	Actor	7-Sep-1891	6-Feb-1970	It Happened One Night
Alma Kruger	Actor	13-Sep-1871	5-Apr-1960	Molly Byrd, Dr. Kildare's head nurse
Gene Lockhart	Actor	18-Jul-1891	31-Mar-1957	Algiers
Helen Mack	Actor	13-Nov-1913	13-Aug-1986	The Son of Kong
Frank Orth	Actor	21-Feb-1880	17-Mar-1962	Insp. Faraday on Boston Blackie
John Qualen	Actor	8-Dec-1899	12-Sep-1987	The Grapes of Wrath
Rosalind Russell	Actor	4-Jun-1907	28-Nov-1976	Auntie Mame
Regis Toomey	Actor	13-Aug-1898	12-Oct-1991	Burke's Law
Ernest Truex	Actor	19-Sep-1889	26-Jun-1973	His Girl Friday

CAST

Cary Grant	...   Walter Burns (Hildy's editor)
Rosalind Russell	...   Hildy Johnson (reporter)
with
Ralph Bellamy	...   Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart	...   Sheriff Hartwell
Helen Mack	...   Molly Malloy (Earl Williams' GF)
Porter Hall	...   Murphy (reporter)
Ernest Truex	...   Bensinger (reporter)
Cliff Edwards	...   Endicott (reporter)
Clarence Kolb	...   Mayor
Roscoe Karns	...   McCue (reporter)
Frank Jenks	...   Wilson (reporter)
Regis Toomey	...   Sanders (reporter)
Abner Biberman	...   Louis (crook)
Frank Orth	...   Duffy (copy editor)
John Qualen	...   Earl Williams (anarchist to be executed)
Alma Kruger	...   Mrs. Baldwin (Bruce's mother)
Billy Gilbert	...   Joe Pettibone
Pat West	...   Warden Cooley
Edwin Maxwell	...   Dr. Egelhoffer

REVIEWS

Have you seen this film? We would love to see your review. Submit your review for this film

Do you know something we don't?
Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications