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Film Description

The owner of a newspaper attempts to keep his star reporter - his ex-wife, on the payroll.

 

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Director Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Rosalind Russell

 

Genre Classic Film

 

Country USA Language ENGLISH   Year 1940

 

DVD Extras

Commentary from film critic and author of Howard Hawks biography Todd McCarthy; 'Cary Grant: Making Headlines' featurette; 'Howard Hawks: Reporter's notebook' featurette; 'Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop' featurette; 'The Funny Pages' featurette; Vintage advertising photo gallery; Theatrical trailer; Filmographies; Four language options

 

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Certificate U   Length 88 mins   Label COL-T
Cat No CDR19838   Format DVD   Black & White
Region2   Aspect 4:3
Subtitles Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish..

 

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Article - "Howard Hawks" by Richard Armstrong
Monday 23rd September 2002

In Hollywood in the early-40s it was unusual for screenwriters to graduate to the director’s chair. Even more unusual was the sight of a screenwriter sitting on set while the director directed, even when the screenwriter had written the script. In 1941 Billy Wilder s...  View article in full

 

 

 

 

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