24 Hours of Movies: 24-Hour Movies!

24 Hours of Movies: 24-Hour Movies!

From F This Movie! by fthismovie.com

May 7, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses movies that take place within a single day, featuring notable films and their impact.

by Patrick Bromley Let's spend the day watching movies that take place in a day. 10am -  His Girl Friday (1940, dir. Howard Hawks) We'll kick things off with what might be the greatest (certainly the fastest) screwball comedy of all time, in which Cary Grant attempts to win back ex-wife Rosalind Russell over the course of a day while both use the Power of the Press to stop a convicted man from being unfairly executed. This was one of the movies that first made me fall in love with classic comedies and it's never lost its power no matter how many times I see it. It's always still just as fast-paced and funny as it always was, only now I get to pick out a new favorite line or delivery each time I see it. When Erika threw me a real-deal 24-hour movie festival for my 40th birthday, I made the mistake of programming this one in the morning when I was already too tired to keep up with it. Better to let it start us out. 11:45am - Quick Change (1990, dir. Bill Murray & Howard Franklin) One of the great unsung comedies of the early '90s, this poison love letter to New York stars Bill Murray, Geena Davis, and Randy Quaid as a group of bank robbers who can't seem to get out of the…

People in this episode

Host: Patrick Bromley

Topics covered

  • 24-hour movies
  • screwball comedy
  • New York
  • film festival
  • classic films

Keywords

  • His Girl Friday
  • Quick Change
  • Cary Grant
  • Bill Murray
  • screwball comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: His Girl Friday, Quick Change, After Hours, One Crazy Night, classic comedies

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