Howard Hawks on HIS GIRL FRIDAY
His Girl Friday
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10m
This 2016 program—composed of excerpts from both an audio conversation between directors Howard Hawks and Peter Bogdanovich from 1972, illustrated with clips and stills, and a 1973 Richard Schickel interview with Hawks—presents the filmmaker’s reflections on casting HIS GIRL FRIDAY, changes to its source material, and his approach to directing it.
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