ok well right off the bat, i saw "his girl friday" after i'd already seen "the front page," which was a movie made from that play in 1931, and i hated the later movie because the first movie was the definitive movie from that play to me.  there was a third movie based on that play, also called "the front page," made in 1974, which had some big name stars in it and everything, and i hated that one even more.  the 1931 movie was awesome.