The plot centers on a newspaper editor named walter burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and exwife hildy johnson, newly engaged to another man. Such remakes feel honest in their intentions, setting. His girl friday no doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of having his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a play by ben hecht. What are other surprising remakes whether verified or possible. For many people it was a long overdue win for better representation in film, and a chance to see that rarest of things. Feb 12, 2019 films that reboot familiar stories with updated protagonists arent a new phenomenon. The front page was remade in a 1974 billy wilder movie starring walter matthau as walter burns, jack lemmon as hildy johnson, and susan. With this 1940 classic, director howard hawks transformed 1931s the front page, about newspapermen chasing a big scoop, into the ultimate screwball comedy. It had been made into an early talkie in 1931, but in 1940, director howard hawks wanted to remake the film starring cary grant as editor walter. His girl friday is one of the, oh, five greatest dialogue comedies ever made. Notice the emphasis on women at work in the very first moments. Mar 20, 2020 the front page saw one of its characters genderswapped to create the classic comedy his girl friday, adding romance in just the right places. Over the decades, hollywood has remade hit movies with the lead roles genders altered, such as in howard hawks his girl friday a remake of the famous newspaper comedy the front.
The dark half is the latest stephen king property to get a new adaptation as mgm is now developing the project with director alex ross perry. Aug 15, 2018 the latest example of this is the hustle, opening friday, which swaps out steve martin and michael caine with rebel wilson and anne hathaway in a remake of dirty rotten scoundrels. Remake everythingparticularly the princess bride the new. The jungle book the magnificent seven petes dragon no manches frida ben hur martyrs cabin fever. Sep 18, 2019 the 1939 movie version of the beloved novel a little princess was the second filmed adaptation of the book, but it was the one that is most similar to the eventual remake in 1995. The original work and its 1931, 1949, and 1974 movie versions the middle one for television all feature two male leads as newspaper reporters while. His girl friday, american screwball comedy film, released in 1940, that was director howard hawkss innovative remake of the front page 1931. His girl friday 16 outstanding movie remakes purple. The 1940 film his girl friday, on the other hand, begins with a reunion. This is part three in our series on working girl movies. His girl friday is often known as one of the key examples of screwball comedy, along with it happened one night 1934, bringing up baby 1938 and the philadelphia story 1940. This version also got a remake in 1988 as switching channels starring burt reynolds, kathleen turner, christopher reeve and ned beatty. A boozy playboy rascal is set to inherit a fortune if he marries an heiress his family thinks will make something out of him. Julianne moore stars in a genderswapping remake of after.
Movie and tv remakes that are better than the origina insider. With cary grant, rosalind russell, ralph bellamy, gene lockhart. He was a huge fan of the play and would hold readings of it with his secretary reading hildy. We are lucky enough to get three of these glorious days in 2015, and this is the third and final one. How his girl friday, one of the best movies of all time, led to. His girl friday 16 outstanding movie remakes purple clover. A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter exwife from remarrying. The movie is probably being remade because it did well at the box office the first time around. May 23, 2018 the shining isnt the only movie jack nicholson has lent his improvisational talents to. His girl friday is a 1940 american comedy film directed by howard hawks starring cary grant, rosalind russell and ralph bellamy. Its fastpaced dialogue zings and swings with quip after quip after putdown after putdown.
I hadnt seen this movie in a few years, and i was interested to see it again for this discussion im a big fan of. Anybody who ever worked in the journalism business, or wished they had been around for newspaperings madcap era, must feel a quickening at the opening tracking shot of howard hawks classic comedy. The latest example of this is the hustle, opening friday, which swaps out steve martin and michael caine with rebel wilson and anne hathaway in a remake of dirty rotten scoundrels. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard. But here are some other movies that looked to remake something old with not just a fresh face but from an entirely different point of view. They go back to at least the 1940s and films like carmen jones and his girl friday. While the line and the plot points leading up to it didnt fit into his girl friday, they did pay homage to it by having the first crime that burns framed baldwin for be the theft of a watch. A hollywood movie remake is usually an invitation to a disaster.
Switching channels is a 1988 american comedy film remake of the front page and his girl friday. Hawks remade the front page, from 1931, for his classic 1940 comedy his girl friday. Aug 09, 2019 over the decades, hollywood has remade hit movies with the lead roles genders altered, such as in howard hawks his girl friday a remake of the famous newspaper comedy the front. A long history of remakes where male leads were changed to female. With the help of natalie oona laurence, an 11yearold girl whose father jack wes bentley owns the local lumber mill, grace sets out to determine where pete came from, where he belongs, and. The 1939 movie version of the beloved novel a little princess was the second filmed adaptation of the book, but it was the one that is most similar to the eventual remake in 1995. Switching channels 1988 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. His girl friday howard hawkss comedy classic, about a reporter trying to retire into domesticity and the editor who wont let her, is a genderswapped remake. It stars kathleen turner as christy colleran, burt reynolds as john l. Jason momoa loves the idea of a twins remake costarring. The difference between the front page and his girl friday is precode versus postcode, scene chewers versus scene stealers and, above all.
You can stream it for free on amazon prime if you havent. Sullivan iv, christopher reeve as blaine bingham, ned beatty as roy ridnitz, henry gibson as ike roscoe, and george newbern as sigenthaler. The interesting thing of this remake scene is that, we use dslr and iphone to make this film. Howard hawks had the inspired notion of making hildy johnsonthe ace newsman whom demonic editor walter burns is trying to keep from quitting and getting. Ladies did you get a chance to watch the movie his girl friday. A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to. Someone like hildy johnson can exist because the filmmakers. The result is a great comedy transformed into one of the best films of all time. Howard hawks directed his girl friday, and he decided to change an important element from the front page. Nov 08, 2018 his girl friday howard hawkss comedy classic, about a reporter trying to retire into domesticity and the editor who wont let her, is a genderswapped remake of lewis milestones 1931 film the. Hawks realized the dialogue worked better with a woman and decided to rewrite hildy as a female and make her walters exwife. The 1939 version stars shirley temple as sara, a wealthy girl who gets mistreated in an orphanage after her father goes missing during a war. As this new version of friday the th is still seeking a writer and director, its unclear how, exactly, this remake will make itself fresh to a modernday audience.
But in this screwball movie, that takenoprisoners approach also applies to romance. His girl friday starts by warning viewers that they are about to see underhanded behavior by reporters willing to do anything short of murder to get their story. Once upon a time before the film starts hildy johnson was the star reporter of the morning post and the wife of its editor, walter burns but then hildy realized that burns was a stinker thats 1940s for dirtbag, divorced him, quite her job, left town, and got engaged to niceguy insurance salesman bruce baldwin who treats her like a woman instead of a. His girl friday, howard hawks classic satire on journalism and political manipulation, is a remake of lewis milestones 1931 movie the front page, which was itself based on the hecht and macarthur stage play of the same name. Jul 19, 2019 the 50 best movie remakes of all time. Genderswapped and raceflipped remakes arent living up to. Remake facts the biggest year for movie remakes was 2005, which had 18 remakes, two reboots and three tv adaptations, with a combined average. Throughly ordinary remake of his girl friday, stick with the original. In 1940 the front page was remade as his girl friday. Walter burns cary grant is a newspaper editor who learns his exwife is about to marry a bland insurance man and settle down to a quiet life. See the full list of his girl friday cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
There are greetings all around hildy is clearly a pro and has an easy camaraderie with her fellow inkstained wretches. His original line in a few good men was you already have the truth, but he came up with this classic instead. Nearly a decade later and still haunted by demons, lucie finally tracks down the family that tortured her. Director howard hawks was hired to remake the front page. However, he falls in love with a workingclass woman and turns to his valet for help when his family makes him choose between money and love. Oct 11, 2016 the original work and its 1931, 1949, and 1974 movie versions the middle one for television all feature two male leads as newspaper reporters while his girl friday changes one of them into a. The movie remake typically strips out certain aspects of the original like a good script, engaging acting, and competent directing. No doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of having his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a. Jason momoa is more than down for starring in a remake of the classic 80s buddy comedy. Jun 16, 2015 this is a remake scene from his girl friday 1940. Remake everythingparticularly the princess bride the. Its inescapable, however, that this is the former legit and pic smash the front page. The front page and his girl friday this post is part of the journalism in classic film blogathon, cosponsored by comet over hollywood and lindsays movie musings. A long history of remakes where male leads were changed to.
Sep 20, 2019 hawks remade the front page, from 1931, for his classic 1940 comedy his girl friday. The revolution of his girl friday is not genderswapping qua genderswapping a cursory type of tokenism, the sort that any sensible person can easily question but to adapt the story, to adapt the situations, and simply, unselfconsciously, create for the sake of a good film. But first, for his starring turn in the remake of the 1950 film, cheaper by. Stephen kings the dark half remake is coming from her. Hawks had his cast play it at breakneck speed, and audiences. It still holds up 70 some odd years later, but films just arent made this way anymore. Dec 15, 2019 her only comfort comes from anna, a girl her own age. May 07, 2019 but here are some other movies that looked to remake something old with not just a fresh face but from an entirely different point of view. His girl friday 1940 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Movie remakes that were better than the original the delite. Dec 11, 2019 the dark half is the latest stephen king property to get a new adaptation as mgm is now developing the project with director alex ross perry. In watching his girl friday tonight, i was struck by how similar the dynamic between cary grant and rosalind russell is to that between bill paxton and helen hunt in twister. A star is born again and again and again will the movie. The play that this movie was based on the front page had a famous last line.
Some key choices were made that transformed the story. No doubt aiming to dodge the stigma of have his girl friday termed a remake, columbia blithely skips a pertinent point in the credits by merely stating from a play by ben hecht and charles macarthur. The exhusband, exwife plot angle was created for his girl friday and made the story equally as entertaining as the original but unique in its own right. Apr 16, 2020 orion pictures has finally revealed the official valley girl trailer for director rachel lee goldenbergs upcoming comedy musical remake, starring happy death days jessica rothe and josh. The front page saw one of its characters genderswapped to create the classic comedy his girl friday, adding romance in just the right places. Indeed, the two movies share a major plot dynamic a formerly married couple in the same profession who have broken up are reunited as one is on the verge of getting. His girl friday is a 1940 american screwball comedy drama romance film directed by howard hawks and starring cary grant and rosalind russell. Orion pictures has finally revealed the official valley girl trailer for director rachel lee goldenbergs upcoming comedy musical remake, starring happy death days jessica rothe and josh. Danny devito offers twins 2 update, says triplets still needs a script and boom.
Lewis milestones 1931 movie is well respected billy wilders 1974 version isnt, but this is one case where the remake towers brilliantined head and blocked shoulders above the original. The 20 best movie remakes of all time and the 10 worst. But hawks altered the entire dynamic by changing the male reporter hildebrand into a female one, hildegarde rosalind russell. Films that reboot familiar stories with updated protagonists arent a new phenomenon. His girl friday is very much a screwball comedy, and that genre in itself is a product of its time. And if you want more great movie lines, learn the 37 movies every man over 40 should be able to quote. Some of the scripts start as books the big sleep, for example, some start as plays the front page was originally a stage play but was remade as a movie several times, in 1931 and 1974 as the front page and in 1940 as his girl friday and others as screenplays robocop seems to have started as a screenplay. The biggest year for movie remakes was 2005, which had 18 remakes, two reboots and three tv adaptations, with a combined average. As she and anna move closer to the agonizing truth, they find themselves trapped in a nightmare if they cannot escape, a martyrs fate awaits them.