Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Awful Truth (1937)

The Awful Truth (1937)

My wife and I watched this Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Ralph Bellamy comedy this evening. I confess that a lot of 1930s comedies are, at most, good for a few grins, but this was uproariously funny--almost to the sides aching level. Some of it is very amusing physical comedy--Cary Grant's antics with a chair breaking up are brilliant, and the incredibly well-trained dog with the hats--and a lot of terribly witty dialog! And once you get past the misunderstandings that start the divorce proceedings, it is a terribly romantic comedy.

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