Cary Grant appeared in the 1940 film His Girl Friday.
Cary Grant . He initially appeared in crime films or dramas such as Blonde Venus ( 1932 ) and She Done Him Wrong ( 1933 ) , but later gained renown for his appearances in romantic comedy and screwball comedy films such as The Awful Truth ( 1937 ) , Bringing Up Baby ( 1938 ) , His Girl Friday ( 1940 ) and The Philadelphia Story ( 1940 ) . His Girl Friday is a 1940 American screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks , from an adaptation by Charles Lederer , Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur of the play The Front Page by Hecht and MacArthur .