Screwball: Hollywood's Madcap Romantic Comedies
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"Irreverent, elegant, sublime, and ridiculous, the screwball films of the 1930s and 1940s are a timeless collison of high wit and low slapstick, in which the players used street-smart repartee to turn good taste into bad manners. For one breathtaking moment Hollywood produced a succession of these unforgettable classics: His Girl Friday, Bringing Up Baby, My Man Godfrey, The Lady Eve, The Thin Man, and Twentieth Century. They featured wacky heiresses, boss ladies, and Cinderellas played by stars like Claudette Colbert, Rosalind Russell, and Jean Arthur. They hated and mated Gary Cooper, John Barrymore and William Powell: absent-minded professors, mad impressarios, and tuxedo-clad detectives."
This list is a selected filmography of Screwball comedies, and a few earlier influences (ie: Design For Living) that exemplified the genre and are discussed thoroughly in Ed Sikov's book "Screwball: Hollwood's Madcap Romantic Comedies."
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The Thin Man
1934, in 14 top lists Check -
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After the Thin Man
1936, in 1 top list Check -
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The Thin Man Goes Home
1945, in 0 top lists Check -
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It's a Wonderful World
1939, in 0 top lists Check -
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Song of the Thin Man
1947, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Mad Miss Manton
1938, in 0 top lists Check -
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Jimmy the Gent
1934, in 0 top lists Check -
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Mr. and Mrs. North
1942, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on May 26, 2014;