Ever notice that every blockbuster movie has the same fundamental pieces? A hero, a journey, some conflicts to muck it all up, a reward, and the hero returning home and everybody applauding his or...

New York City (or Thereabouts)His Girl Friday never tells you precisely what city you're in… which is probably a smart move on their part, because the film portrays the city government as insanel...

DELAY, DELAY, DELAYThere's a pretty standard ending to any rom-com: love, marriage, and a honeymoon in Niagara Falls (or Albany.) So the point of the plot is less to get you there (you know where y...

Screwball ComedyThe word "screwball" sounds like a horrendous-but-campy insult; like something your grandma would call your great uncle after drinking a few too many eggnogs at a holiday party.But...

His Girl Friday is a reference to the Daniel Defoe novel Robinson Crusoe , written in 1719. One of the main characters in the book is a dude named Friday. Crusoe, an Englishman, is stranded on an i...

At the end of the film, Walter proposes to Hildy (by telling Duffy on the phone that the two of them are going to get married) and then they agree to have a honeymoon in Niagara Falls. …until Duf...

PGCritic Andrew Sarris defined the screwball comedy as "a sex comedy without the sex." His Girl Friday knows that sex exists; Walter is concerned that Bruce and Hildy may have sex on the train to A...