His Girl Friday: Film Guide

A film guide that looks at His Girl Friday (1940), exploring its key topics
A film guide that looks at His Girl Friday (1940), exploring its key topics

Ages

14–16

Duration

Short (1-4 activities)

A film guide that looks at His Girl Friday (1940), a screwball comedy that sees a newspaper editor use every trick in the book to prevent his ex-wife, a super reporter, from re-marrying.

 

This guide is useful for exploring English and Film Studies in addition to highlighting themes surrounding mass media, film history and gender representation.

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This Resource Supports

  • English
  • Film Studies

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