Frank Jenks
Med døden i helene
An unsuccessful artist in a failed marriage becomes an eyewitness to a murder and goes into hiding. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife (Ann Sheridan), a reporter (Dennis O'Keefe), the police (Robert Keith), and the killer.
His Girl Friday
A classic screwball comedy in which Russell plays reporter Hildy Johnson, who, on the eve of her remarriage, is talked into one more assignment by her editor and ex-husband, Grant. While interviewing a condemned man, Hildy realizes that his hanging is planned as a vote-getting measure. Spontaneously, she helps the man escape.
Christmas in Connecticut
Journalist Elizabeth Lane is one of the country's most famous food writer. In her columns, she describes herself as a hard working farm woman, taking care of her children and being an excellent cook. But this is all lies. In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can't even boil an egg. The recipes come from her good friend Felix. The owner of the magazine she works for has decided that a heroic sailor will spend his Christmas on *her* farm. Miss Lane knows that her career is over if the truth comes out, but what can she do?
That Brennan Girl
A perennial bad girl finds motherhood an incentive to change, particularly after her child is taken from her when she is declared an unfit mother. Also, her second husband has a positive impact on her transformation. Based on a short story of the same name.
Rosie the Riveter
Work is plentiful but rooms are scarce during WWII. Two girls and two boys share a room as they work on opposite shifts, but opposites still manage to attract. Based on the story "Room for Two.
His Girl Friday
En klassisk screwball-komedie hvor Russell spiller journalist Hildy Johnson, som, samme kveld som hun giftes igjen, overtales av sin redaktør og eksmann, Grant, til å gjøre ett siste oppdrag. Mens hun intervjuer en dømt mann, innser Hildy at hans henrettelse planlegges for å skaffe stemmer. Hun bestemmer seg spontant for å hjelpe ham til å rømme.