Directed by Mitchell Leisen • 1937 • United States
Starring Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland
The madcap misunderstandings pile up in this Preston Sturges–penned screwball fairy tale that sparkles thanks to the light touch of director Mitchell Leisen. An effervescent Jean Arthur stars as the Depression-era working girl whose life changes suddenly when a $50,000 sable fur coat falls from the window of a Manhattan penthouse and lands in her lap—leading to a whirlwind of mistaken assumptions, an all-expenses paid stay in a luxury hotel, and a memorable meet-cute with a charming waiter (Ray Milland) during one of cinema’s most epic food fights.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon • 1949 • United States
Starring Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas
Baseball goes screwball—and we don’t just mean the pitch—in this breezy sports comedy. Chemistry professor Vernon Simpson (Ray Milland) has virtually no money, so marriage to the daughter (Jean Peters)...
Directed by Tay Garnett • 1937 • United States
Starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche
A hotshot reporter, a madcap heiress, and a rivalry that gradually gives way to romance? We must be in a 1930s screwball—and a delightful one at that. Steve Leyton (Tyrone Power, in his first top-bill...
Directed by Arthur Lubin • 1951 • United States
Starring Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart
Legendary feline performer Orangey the Cat stars alongside Ray Milland in this uproariously absurd screwball charmer. When an eccentric millionaire bequeaths his fortune—and his baseball franchise, ...
