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   gggg gggg to wlah...@gmail.com   
   Re: The Awful Truth (USA) 1937   
   29 May 22 23:44:50   
   
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   From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 1:00:32 PM UTC-10, wlah...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Hey,    
   >    
   > Directed by Leo McCarey, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne (who    
   > sometimes sounds like Katherine Hepburn) and written by ViƱa Delmar,    
   > this screwball comedy won McCarey his second directing Oscar. A    
   > divorce based on a misunderstanding -- or, maybe not -- and a fight    
   > over a pet (played by Asta) -- and the comings and goings of sundry    
   > 1930's types and mores, and such is the stuff of comedy. It still    
   > works after a fashion, given how things have changed and films can be    
   > -- if not honest -- at least more explicit. I wonder how many romcoms    
   > with be hold up this well 75 years from now. Fun flick that doesn't    
   > fall into the usual moral ruts.   
      
   My favorite scene -   
      
   (Youtube upload):   
      
   "The movie "Awful Truth" Cary Grant enters Irene Dunnes Recital"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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