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His Girl Friday

1940 · 92 min · Director: Howard Hawks ★ IMDb 7.8 · 68,841 ratings

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Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

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His Girl Friday (1940) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
25%Excitement
20%Love
  1. Humor35%
  2. Excitement25%
  3. Love20%
  4. Anticipation10%
  5. Satisfaction10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Love. Genres: Comedy, Romance. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Tension
Humor
Sympathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 68 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorSympathy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor40 %10 %40 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor46 %16 %45 %10 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor48 %19 %45 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor44 %20 %41 %15 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Humor43 %24 %39 %16 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor41 %21 %34 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 30′Sympathy43 %21 %25 %30 %
37.5 %≈ 35′Sympathy51 %31 %19 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 39′Sympathy57 %36 %21 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 44′Sympathy61 %44 %28 %40 %
52.5 %≈ 48′Tension64 %55 %31 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 53′Humor56 %51 %33 %14 %
62.5 %≈ 58′Tension59 %55 %29 %20 %
67.5 %≈ 62′Tension74 %71 %25 %36 %
72.5 %≈ 67′Tension74 %70 %28 %43 %
77.5 %≈ 71′Tension61 %55 %35 %33 %
82.5 %≈ 76′Humor60 %52 %43 %23 %
87.5 %≈ 81′Tension70 %65 %41 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 85′Tension70 %60 %35 %34 %
97.5 %≈ 90′Relief62 %38 %32 %42 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RR
Rosalind Russell

Cary Grant

RB
Ralph Bellamy

Gene Lockhart

CK
Clarence Kolb

JQ
John Qualen

CE
Cliff Edwards

Endicott

HM
Helen Mack

Billy Gilbert

Porter Hall

RK
Roscoe Karns

McCue

ET
Ernest Truex

FJ
Frank Jenks

Wilson

Regis Toomey

Sanders

AB
Abner Biberman

Louie

FO
Frank Orth

Duffy

John Qualen

Earl Williams

AK
Alma Kruger

Mrs. Baldwin

PW
Pat West

Warden Cooley

EM
Edwin Maxwell

Dr. Egelhoffer

Irving Bacon

Gus (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Howard Hawks
Type
Movies
Released
1940
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.8 · 68,841 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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