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|    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?"              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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