The examples of screwball comedies shown below exhibit some of the most endearing characteristics of the genre. That, and they're just plain funny. Please click on the thumbnail posters below to learn more about the films.
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HIS GIRL FRIDAY | 1940 | Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell are newspaper "men" who unravel a mystery and discover their love... |
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THE AWFUL TRUTH | 1937 | Recently divorced, Cary Grant and Irene Dunne have a mere sixty days to realize they still love each other... |
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BRINGING UP BABY | 1938 | It will take a dog, two leopards, and a Brontosaurus for Cary Grant to realize he loves Katharine Hepburn... |
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1940 | Cary Grant and James Stewart are determined to ruin Katharine Hepburn's marriage...for her own good? |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY | 1934 | John Barrymore must convince his pupil Carole Lombard to help him regain success... |
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IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT | 1934 | Claudette Colbert needs Clark Gable's help to realize who she really loves... |
