in the original The Front Page (1931), a male newspaper editor tries to keep his male star reporter from quitting; in the remake His Girl Friday (1940), the reporter is female and the editor's ex-wife.
In both The Front Page (1931) and its remake, His Girl Friday (1940), a newspaper editor tries to stop his star reporter from leaving. However, in the remake, the reporter is female and the editor is married to her ex-husband.