Free Movie of the Day: 'His Girl Friday' Posted December 1, 2009 by Leonard JacobsThe rise of the whiplash-fast screwball comedy may have begun gathering steam with the 1934 release of 'It Happened One Night,' but it reached a feverish apex in 1940 with the madcap 'His Girl Friday' -- your movie of the day. tags ben hechtBenHechtcary grantCaryGrantcharles lederercharles macarthurCharlesLedererCharlesMacarthurfree moviefree moviesFreeMovieFreeMovieshis girl fridayHisGirlFridayhoward hawksHowardHawksralph bellamyRalphBellamyrosalind russellRosalindRussellcategories Video