They're at each other's throats when they're not in each other's arms!
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
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Comic, relentless, classical in form and meticulous.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Cary GrantWalter Burns
- Rosalind RussellHildy Johnson
- Ralph BellamyBruce Baldwin
- Gene LockhartSheriff Hartwell
- Porter HallMurphy
- Ernest TruexBensinger
- Cliff EdwardsEndicott
- Clarence KolbMayor
- Roscoe KarnsMcCue
- Frank JenksWilson
Crew
- Howard HawksDirector
- Charles LedererScreenplay
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Joseph WalkerDirector of Photography
- Sidney CutnerOriginal Music Composer
- Felix MillsOriginal Music Composer
- Gene HavlickEditor
- Howard HawksProducer
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Pairings
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My Man Godfrey 193679% alikeBoth comic, classical in form, relentless.
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The Thin Man 193475% alikeBoth classical in form.
Trouble in Paradise 193274% alikeBoth comic, classical in form.
Much Ado About Nothing 199374% alikeBoth comic.
Both comic, classical in form.
The Gold Rush 192573% alikeBoth comic, classical in form.
Derry Girls 201874% alikeTelevision · Both comic, classical in form.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 201765% alikeTelevision · Close across the board.
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