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“His Girl Friday,” “The Man who Wouldn’t Talk” (Movie Reviews-1/12/40)
Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz
| 1/12/40
| Frank S. Nugent, B.R.C.
Posted on 01/12/2010 4:36:28 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
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posted on
01/12/2010 4:37:19 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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posted on
01/12/2010 4:38:37 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
His Girl Friday... Great movie. Best watched while heavily caffeinated as to keep up with the rapid-fire dialogue.
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posted on
01/12/2010 4:40:35 AM PST
by
Shqipo
(Palin/Thompson 2012)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
You come up with the coolest stuff.
Do you live in Santa Cruz? All your articles come there.
Post on.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:20:28 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Shqipo
Isn’t that the truth. The dialogue is so fast and furious in that movie it’s impossible to catch all the quips the first time you watch it.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:25:43 AM PST
by
dawn53
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Cary Grant....game over :)
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:31:51 AM PST
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas, Rosie ODonnell, Maureen Dowd, Medea Benjamin - The Axis of Ugly)
To: Vendome
Do you live in Santa Cruz?Watsonville. South county. Still filled with (and ruled by) statist drones, but with strawberries, also.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:35:48 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Shqipo; dawn53
Best watched while heavily caffeinated as to keep up with the rapid-fire dialogue.Isnt that the truth. The dialogue is so fast and furious in that movie its impossible to catch all the quips the first time you watch it.
That is Nugent's main beef with the film:
Hysteria is one of the communicable diseases and "His Girl Friday" is a more pernicious carrier than Typhoid Mary. It takes you by the scruff of the neck in the first reel and it shakes you madly, bellowing hoarsely the while, for the remaining six or seven. Before it's over you don't know whether you have been laughing or having your ears boxed. The veriest bit on the strenuous side, if you follow us.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:43:01 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I am across Hecker Pass in Gilroy.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:45:11 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Love that Super Taqueria just before Pajaro.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:46:39 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Vendome
I haven’t been there since they put up the giant Obama sign last year. Suddenly their burritos gave me indigestion.
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posted on
01/12/2010 5:57:28 AM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Guess I missed that last week.
I will look for it next time and if it’s there, I am off the Giant Artichoke for Fried artichoke hearts.
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posted on
01/12/2010 6:04:32 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Another Cary Grant movie that’s fast paced (but not as fast paced as His Girl Friday) is Arsenic and Old Lace, great fun to watch.
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01/12/2010 6:14:14 AM PST
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dawn53
To: Homer_J_Simpson
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01/12/2010 6:23:39 AM PST
by
The Wizard
(I support Madam President, the only President in America today)
To: Shqipo
Best watched while heavily caffeinated as to keep up with the rapid-fire dialogue.![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__KySpTQI8Fg/SgFnk-05wMI/AAAAAAAABJM/-UlhKXF3G-Q/s400/hoodwinked2.jpg)
Butidontdrinkcoffee!!
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01/12/2010 8:21:57 AM PST
by
CougarGA7
(In order to dream of the future, we need to remember the past. - Bartov)
To: Vendome
I will look for it next time and if its there, I am off the Giant Artichoke for Fried artichoke hearts.I should have said 2008 - not last year. It was an election sign so it is gone now. I just carry a grudge.
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posted on
01/12/2010 12:00:57 PM PST
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
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posted on
01/12/2010 12:09:00 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Still filled with (and ruled by) statist drones, but with strawberries, also. Good point. Watsonville strawberries are so good, they are worth enduring socialist nitwits to ensure a regular supply. :)
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posted on
01/12/2010 12:11:50 PM PST
by
Mr. Jeeves
("The right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended." -- Rowan Atkinson)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
“His Girl Friday” is a rare example of something that has been “adapted” being far superior to the original.
Perfect Cast, perfect dialogue, I have to dig my DVD out sometime...
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posted on
01/12/2010 3:36:14 PM PST
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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