This film's script must have run 200 pages—twice the standard length. The overlapping dialogue moves at breakneck speed, and parts of it were ad-libbed. Directed by Howard Hawks, the screenplay was written by Charles Lederer based on the 1928 play, The Front Page, by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Of course, I'm talking about His Girl Friday. If you h…
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