Directed by Richard Boleslawski • 1936 • United States
Starring Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell
Irene Dunne established herself as one of screwball’s brightest comedic talents with this exuberant tale of a small-town girl living a double life as the secret author of a scandalous bestseller. Being a Sunday school teacher in conservative Lynnfield, Connecticut, has forced Theodora (Dunne) to use an assumed name to pen a steamy romance novel. Keeping up appearances becomes harder than ever when the book becomes an overnight sensation and Theodora falls for the novel’s ultrasophisticated illustrator (Melvyn Douglas), who has some secrets of his own.
Directed by Howard Hawks • 1934 • United States
Starring John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly
Carole Lombard established her genius for screwball comedy with this madcap classic, which practically set the template for the genre. Scripted by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (adapting th...
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1938 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton
The great Ernst Lubitsch lends his famously sophisticated touch to this whimsical farce about a spoiled American millionaire who uses his wealth to lure an attractive French aristocra...
Directed by Preston Sturges • 1944 • United States
Starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest
Too embarrassed to admit to his family and friends that he was discharged from World War II because of hay fever, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is befriended by a group...