His Girl Friday (1940)
A Film by Howard Hawks
DVD5 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | 01:31:51 | 4,31 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps; Spanish AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
Subs: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Barry's high-style comedy suited Hepburn wonderfully, and this satire on the egotism and selfishness of the upper classes (the wealthy) in the States gave her a vehicle so finely tuned that it paved the way for her even greater success two years later with an option on his The Philadelphia Story. Here she plays the older sister in a family which boasts an alcoholic brother and a younger sister engaged to a struggling lawyer (Grant) who brings a welcome note of dissension into the household. Naturally, he ends up with the sparky Ms Hepburn. Cukor's elegant grasp of the original drama ensures a silkily smooth transition from stage to screen.