Wednesday, February 23, 2011

HIS GIRL FRIDAY


I've just heard, for the first time (on the archived link of The Big Broadcast from this Sunday), the 1940 Lux Radio Theater abridgement of His Girl Friday, and despite Claudette Colbert's fine subbing for Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson (with Fred MacMurray in the Cary Grant role, and Jack Carter sounding a Whole Lot like Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin), it inspires nothing so much as the desire to hear or watch the actual film.
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4 comments:

  1. michaelFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    Did you know Charles Lederer's screenplay of "His Girl Friday" is available on Kindle for $2.99?

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  2. Todd MasonFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    I didn't, but it's a useful tip, thanks. I read THE FRONT PAGE decades back, but haven't ever read the filmscript.

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  3. pattinase (abbott)February 25, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    One of the great ones for witty banter.

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  4. Todd MasonFebruary 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    The best. And yet the underlying seriousness of the situtations just makes the comedy even stronger...

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