His Girl Friday 4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray

His Girl Friday is one of the fastest-paced, funniest, and most quoted films ever made, starring Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, one of the most prominent women in film history. Hildy is matched in strength only by her scheming but charismatic editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns (played by the incomparable Cary Grant), who tempts her with the chance to beat her colleagues with a story about an impending death penalty in order to prevent her from jumping on the train that will take her to Albany and a new life as a housewife. When director Howard Hawks adapted Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's hit play The Front Page, he had the brilliant idea of making star reporter Hildy Johnson a woman, and the result was a film that is still considered one of the greatest comedies ever made.play The Front Page, he had the brilliant idea of turning star reporter Hildy Johnson into a woman, and the result is an immortal blend of a hard-boiled newsroom and a sparkling comedy about remarriage. Also presented here is a restoration of the 1931 film The Front Page, Lewis Milestone's famous pre-Code adaptation of the same material.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION

New 4K digital restoration of His Girl Friday, with uncompressed monaural audio track.

A 4K UHD disc with the film in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-ray discs with the film, The Front Page, and special features.

4K digital restoration of The Front Page, made from a recently discovered copy of director Lewis Milestone's preferred version, with uncompressed mono audio track.

Archival interviews with His Girl Friday director Howard Hawks.

Featurettes from 1999 and 2006 about Hawks and actress Rosalind Russell.

Radio adaptation of His Girl Friday from 1940.

Program about the restoration of The Front Page.

Program about playwright and screenwriter Ben Hecht.

Radio versions of the play The Front Page from 1937 and 1946.

Trailers

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Plus: Essays on His Girl Friday and The Front Page by film critics Farran Smith Nehme and Michael Sragow

Cover art by Randy Glass

Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265, MPEG-4 AVC

Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)

HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10

Aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1

Audio

English: LPCM Mono (48 kHz, 24 bits)

Subtitles

English SDH

Discs

4K Ultra HD

Blu-ray Disc

Three discs (2 BD-50)

Playback

4K Blu-ray: Region-free

2K Blu-ray: Region B