Explore definitive directors through the decades with free movie screenings in Dallas City Performance Hall. This August, the focus is on classic ’40s directors, with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca, John Huston’s Maltese Falcon and Howard Hawks’ His Girl Friday on the schedule.
His Girl Friday
Dallas City Performance Hall
2520 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201
3:00pm Sunday, August 23, 2015
Walter Burns, the 14editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin, but not without a fight!The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story, about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell.
The comedy snowballs as William’s friend, Molly Malloy, the crooked Mayor, and Bruce’s mother all get tied up in Walter’s web.
Howard Hawks directs Cary Grant and Rosalind Russel in this classic screwball comedy.
About the Dallas Film Society
The Dallas Film Society celebrates films and their impact on society. A 501©(3) non-profit organization, the Dallas Film Society recognizes and honors filmmakers for their achievements in enhancing the creative community, provides educational programs to students to develop better understanding of the role of film in today’s world, and promotes the City of Dallas and its commitment to the art of filmmaking. The annual Dallas International Film Festival is a presentation of the Dallas Film Society. In addition to producing one of the largest festivals in the Southwest, the Society produces numerous year round events, screening series and partnership programs with arts organizations around the city.