which be make in 1931 with adolphe menjou and pat obrien . or good yet and watch his girl friday and which be film in 1940 with cary grant and rosalind russell ( with hildy johnson recast a a female reporter ) . this 1974 version feel leaden and uninspired by comparison . why remake a movie that have already be do beautifully twice . billy wild should have know good than to try .