His Girl Friday (1940)

USA, 90 min
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Media (2)

Original title His Girl Friday
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1940-02-17

Cast

Cary Grant
Walter Burns

Rosalind Russell
Hildy Johnson

Ralph Bellamy
Bruce Baldwin

Gene Lockhart
sheriff Hartwell

Helen Mack
Mollie Malloy

Porter Hall
Murphy, journalist

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Titles

Original title
  • His Girl Friday
Swedish release title
  • Det ligger i blodet

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography

Cast

Cary Grant Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell Hildy Johnson
Ralph Bellamy Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart sheriff Hartwell
Helen Mack Mollie Malloy
Porter Hall Murphy, journalist
Ernest Truex Bensinger, skald
Cliff Edwards Endicott, journalist
Clarence Kolb borgmästaren
Roscoe Karns McCue, journalist
Frank Jenks Wilson, journalist
Regis Toomey Sanders, journalist
Abner Biberman Louie
Frank Orth Duffy
John Qualen Earl Williams, fånge
Alma Kruger mrs Baldwin
Billy Gilbert Joe Pettibone
Pat West Cooley, fångvaktare
Edwin Maxwell dr Egelhoffer

Companies

Production Company Columbia Pictures Corp. of California Ltd
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Columbia Film AB 1940

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 61060
Date 1940-02-13
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2505 meters
Notes Visningskopiorna hade en längd av 2.480 meter.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2480 meter
Length in minutes 90 min
Dialogue
  • English
  • French
Textad
  • Swedish


Original work

Original title The Front Page (Play)
Author Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur


Release dates

Release in Sweden 1940-02-17 Royal Stockholm Sweden 90 min
TV showing 1976-01-18 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1995-03-29
TV showing 1998-09-18 TV4 Sweden 88 min
1998-10-07 SVT1 Sweden 88 min
2000-08-02 TV4 Sweden 88 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2000-10-25
TV showing 2002-07-12 TV4 Sweden 88 min
2002-12-07 SVT1 Sweden 88 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2003-03-22
TV showing 2003-12-25 SVT1 Sweden 88 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2011-11-07
2011-11-25
TV showing 2018-09-05 SVT1 Sweden
2023-05-24 SVT1 Sweden

Related films

The Twilight Zone (1994) His Girl Friday (1940)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2511


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2503


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language Swedish


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints 7
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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