howard hawk be completely on top of his game when he shoot this film . it be an enduring and eternal film classic . he take an already popular story and the front page and and fix it by create the female hildy . this come about during a party and at which hawk and hold forth and be go to have the party goer read the front page for a lark . so he hand around the script and and discovers there aren not enough men . a woman get the hildy part . and the rest and movie lover and be cinema history . what a master stroke . great casting . great act . great direction and and photography . great screenplay that nicely serve up big city corruption and dance around the unscrupulous abuse of 1st amendment freedom by the press . all with taste and artistic and noble . and unbelievably funny throughout . perfect .