Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell)’s Timeline and Summary

Hildy marries Walter and works for him at the newspaper.
She divorces him because he's a stinker. She also leaves the paper.
She takes four months off and meets Bruce Baldwin, an insurance salesman from Albany.
They get engaged.
Hildy goes to Walter to tell him of the engagement and that she's getting married the next day.
Walter convinces her to come back to the paper for a day to cover the execution of Earl Williams, in return for taking out an expensive insurance policy with Bruce.
Walter sets about delaying Bruce and Hildy's departure through various nefarious means.
Hildy interviews Earl Williams.
Meanwhile Walter gets Bruce thrown in jail.
She starts to write the story for Walter, then realizes he is double crossing her and tears it up.
She's about to leave, when she hears Earl Williams escaped, and decides to cover the story for Walter.
The chase for Williams causes escalating chaos; Hildy finally encounters Earl in the pressroom, and hides him in a desk.
Walter comes to the pressroom to help move the desk out.
Walter distracts Hildy with dreams of a great story, and manages to get her to ignore Bruce when he shows up and declares he's leaving for Albany without her.
Earl is recaptured. Hildy and Walter are almost arrested for obstructing justice.
Hildy and Walter manage to find out that the mayor and the sheriff are illegally trying to execute Williams to help their election chances.
They are freed, and Hildy admits she loves Walter and they agree to remarry.