this screen adaptation of the ben hecht and charles macarthur play the front page be adapt for the talent of cary grant and rosalind russell there be no such character a hildy johnson ( russell ) in that play . director howard hawk want to show the whirlwind pace of the newsroom in the criminal court system so he have his actor overlap their line so much so that at time it seem a though everyone be talk at once while it even get difficult to understand all that be go on . he also have the cast move fast so the film look totally frenetic from scene to scene with no respite either from the laugh or from the action . there be two really good inside joke in the script represent the first be where walter burn ( grant ) be describe hildy fiancee and say that he look like that guy in the movie bellamy and well and it be ralph bellamy playing that part . the other be when burn say something about someone he once know name archie leach which just happen to be cary grant real name . this be one of the true gem of hollywood most prolific era . it have incredible pacing and acting and photography and an authentic gritty feeling that would be associate with hard boil and anything for a story newspaper people . it have long be one of my favorite film and deserves to be watch over and over again just for all the dialogue and great act that may have go by so fast you miss it the first time .