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   gggg gggg to gggg gggg   
   Re: The Awful Truth (USA) 1937   
   08 Dec 22 15:07:39   
   
   From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 8:41:27 PM UTC-7, gggg gggg wrote:   
   > On Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 3:00:32 PM UTC-8, 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.   
   > (Youtube upload):    
   >    
   > CLASSIC COMEDY REVIEW: Cary Grant in THE AWFUL TRUTH - STEVE HAYES: Tired   
   Old Queen at the Movies   
      
   (Youtube upload):   
      
   "Is "The Awful Truth" The Best Romantic Comedy Of All Time?"   
      
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