a if create one comedic masterpiece with 1938 bring up baby be not enough and director howard hawk return to the same genre a scant two year later and he somehow manage to rival even his own previous masterwork . nominally a reworking ben hecht and charles macarthur play the front page and his girl friday manage to surpass it classic source material and emerge a one of the screen fine comedy . the film be also perhaps the perfect example of hawk trademark rapid fire and overlap dialogue and which have never be a fast nor a furious anywhere else before or since . this be certainly one of the fast move comedy ever film and and the whole cast never miss a beat . walter burn and the conniving and self serve newspaper editor and be a character that could have easily come off a a tyrannical jerk . a portray by the suave cary grant and however and the pompous and arrogant burn actually become ( gasp . ) likable . it be a difficult balancing act that grant must perform a teeter between the two extreme of the character and and he be arguably the only actor imaginable with the skill and charisma to pull such a tricky characterization off this successfully . and the one and only rosalind russell be every bit his match full of verve and aplomb and russell hildy be an independent career woman and brim with intelligence and class and that impressively pre date the major feminist movement of the mid sixty by a good 25 year . the film support cast be no less impressive and with every single role cast to perfection . this be particularly true of ralph bellamy and who ( along with his oscar nominate performance in 1937 the awful truth ) prove once again that he be the ultimate straight man . the film contain some grim subject matter that may seem like unlikely fodder for a screwball comedy ( murder and attempted suicide and and public execution be all touched upon ) and although the film somehow manage to deal with such topic respectfully and without sacrifice any laugh . in the end and his girl friday be an absolutely unbeatable romantic comedy that remain wildly hilarious and come as close to sheer perfection a any motion picture could ever hope to .