Book Vs Movie: "His Girl Friday" (1940) & "The Front Page"

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: <em>His Girl Friday</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 1928 Play (The Front Page) Vs the 1940 Howard Hawks Film</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/His_Girl_Friday_1939_poster_crop.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="467" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Writers</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hecht"><strong>Ben Hecht</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_MacArthur"><strong>Charles MacArthur</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">changed Broadway (and later Hollywood) forever when they created</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Front Page,</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">  a comedy about irascible, mean reporters in Chicago who are waiting for the hanging of Earl Williams--a communist who killed an African American policeman which makes him a pariah in Cook County. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The reporters who hang around the jail to write about his fate couldn’t care less about justice--they just want a story. Our lead, Hildy Johnson, is ready to leave the newspaper business for good and marry a New York City gal. He claims to be eager for more money and respectability--but his cohorts in reporting know better.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As does his boss, Walter Burns, he schemes to keep him on duty and in Chicago. (Even “kidnapping” Hildy’s mother in law!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Earl Williams escapes jail and manages to find Hildy alone in the press room. Realizing that Williams is innocent of the charges, Hildy hides him in the company desk and comedy ensues. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “rat-a-tat” style dialog was a revelation at the time which may explain why it had been adapted several times for film, TV, radio, and on Broadway several times. </span><