His Girl Friday: movie monologues to shadow
15 monologues from His Girl Friday. Original audio, one line at a time, with a pause to say it back.
- 1Full speech: hear it once
- 2Shadow: repeat each line
- 3Blind: listen, then reveal
- B24 lines
Nonsense, you've got an old-fashioned idea divorces last forever.
Walter on divorceHis Girl Friday · 1940He talks divorce down to a few mumbled words, then lands a line about a bond that cannot change. - B24 lines
Peeking through keyholes, chasing fire engines...
Hildy on reportersHis Girl Friday · 1940She piles up concrete images of the job until the complaint turns into self-portrait. - B25 lines
Things have been different since I met Hildy.
Bruce on HildyHis Girl Friday · 1940He defines Hildy by contrast with everyone else, and the plain delivery makes it sincere. - B25 lines
All right, get this.
Walter's phone schemeHis Girl Friday · 1940Short commands pile up into a plan, and the last line hides the whole scheme in office routine. - B26 lines
Argue with her, or you'll be on a honeymoon with blood on your hands.
Walter's guilt tripHis Girl Friday · 1940The threats build from the honeymoon to a lifetime, turning a favor into a haunting. - C14 lines
I'm good for, we'll say at least 25 years yet.
Walter's insurance pitchHis Girl Friday · 1940He sells a policy by painting Hildy old and poor, and each question makes refusal feel cruel. - B24 lines
I tell you he just sat there talking to me all night.
Mollie's account of that nightHis Girl Friday · 1940She dismantles the scandal piece by piece, and her calm makes it harder to dismiss. - C18 lines
And so into this little tortured mind...
Hildy's story read aloudHis Girl Friday · 1940She turns Earl's motive into an elegy, and the calm sentences carry the irony. - C116 lines
Now, get this, you double-crossing chimpanzee.
Hildy's phone tiradeHis Girl Friday · 1940From insult to vow, the tirade covers quitting, cutting off Walter, and starting over. - B27 lines
Next time you see me, I'll be in a Rolls Royce...
Hildy's farewell speechHis Girl Friday · 1940She jokes about cars and success, and the bitterness underneath is the real goodbye. - C18 lines
All right, here's your story. The jailbreak of your dreams.
Hildy dictates the jailbreakHis Girl Friday · 1940She stacks short clauses until the absurd escape becomes a joke told deadpan. - B25 lines
She don't know where he is. I'm the only one that knows.
Mollie's outburstHis Girl Friday · 1940Cornered by reporters, Mollie turns the pressure back on them in a few wounded, defiant lines. - B212 lines
You've taken a city that's been graft-ridden for 40 years...
Walter's grand pitchHis Girl Friday · 1940A rapid run of promises turns a newspaper scoop into a revolution and a career. - B24 lines
Listen, that fellow Bensinger is on his way right now.
Walter's schemeHis Girl Friday · 1940He flatters and then discards a rival in a few brisk orders, and the coldness is funny. - C14 lines
Make your accusations in the proper manner.
Walter stands his groundHis Girl Friday · 1940Accused and cornered, Walter stays formal and turns the room against his accuser.