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- Title
Making Light of the Dark: Understanding the World of His Girl Friday.
- Authors
Walters, James
- Abstract
The article analyzes the film "His Girl Friday," directed by Howard Hawks, focusing on the ways in which the attitudes and actions of characters in the film construct the tone and nature of the fictional world they inhabit. The author suggests that despite the film's largely comedic world, it evokes a darker mood that is usually associated with melodrama. Even though the characters have an amusing relationship, the environment around the characters is oppressive. Hawks' efforts to create this tone are examined.
- Subjects
HIS Girl Friday (Film); SCREWBALL comedy films; MELODRAMA in motion pictures; HAWKS, Howard, 1896-1977; MOTION picture plots &; themes; FILM criticism
- Publication
Journal of Film & Video, 2008, Vol 60, Issue 3/4, p90
- ISSN
0742-4671
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/jfv.0.0014