His Girl Friday (1940) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Romance / Drama · Directed by Howard Hawks · Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
Where was His Girl Friday filmed?
- Chicago, United States, Chicago – The newsroom and exterior shots of the newspaper office where the main action takes place. The film is set in a Chicago newspaper office, and exterior establishing shots were filmed on location to establish the urban newsroom setting
- Chicago, United States, Chicago – The climactic courtroom and courthouse sequences involving the murder trial. Exterior courthouse shots were filmed on location in Chicago to capture the legal proceedings that drive the film's climax