George Clooney's Leatherheads was inspired of the screwball comedies of old, and that film I believe it really picks up on is Howard Hawks' 1940 film His Girl Friday.
It features Cary Grant as a newspaper editor, who is trying to prevent his ex-wife (and former star reporter) from remarrying.
The film was the second screwball comedy I've seen (the other being Hawks' earlier film Bringing Up Baby) and it's definitely the one I enjoyed more.
So, if you like the fast talking and innuendo of screwball comedies, then His Girl Friday is definitely worth seeing.
8/10
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