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21 October 1937 (USA)
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Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance. full summary | add synopsis
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Divorce
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Remarriage
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New York
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Heiress
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New York City
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Won Oscar.
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5 nominations
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(6 articles)
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One of the Best of the 30's 'Screwball Comedies'
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Irene Dunne | ... | Lucy Warriner |
 | Cary Grant | ... | Jerry Warriner |
 | Ralph Bellamy | ... | 'Dan' Leeson |
| Alexander D'Arcy | ... | Armand Duvalle |
| Cecil Cunningham | ... | Aunt Patsy |
 | Molly Lamont | ... | Barbara Vance |
| Esther Dale | ... | Mrs. Leeson |
| Joyce Compton | ... | Dixie Belle Lee |
| Robert Allen | ... | Frank Randall |
| Robert Warwick | ... | Mr. Vance |
| Mary Forbes | ... | Mrs. Vance |
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| Leonard Carey | ... | Butler (scenes deleted) |
| Vernon Dent | ... | Police Sergeant (scenes deleted) |
| Byron Foulger | ... | Secretary (scenes deleted) |
| Bobby Watson | ... | Hotel Clerk (scenes deleted) |
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91 min
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Tay Garnett turned down an offer to direct the movie.
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Continuity: Just after Irene Dunne introduces herself as 'Lola' Warriner to the Vance family, she sits down next to Mrs. Vance, her handkerchief and purse quickly passed from her left hand to her right hand. As the camera shifts towards Grant, Dunne bends over, making a quiet exclamation ("Oh" or "Uh"), and appears to grab at something she has dropped on the floor. After the camera cuts back to Dunne, she is sitting up straight, her handkerchief in her left hand and caught underneath her left side.
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Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV)
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My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind
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A fine cast and director Leo McCarey's expert sense of the absurd make this a very amusing classic comedy. It is a good example of what master craftsmen can do to turn a thin and deliberately implausible plot into a fun movie.
The actual story is pretty simple, serving only as a setup for a lot of pleasant nonsense - Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a couple who get divorced, and then make each other jealous when they pursue other relationships. Both leads are excellent, and they are helped by a good supporting cast. Ralph Bellamy is well-cast as a bumpkin who starts a relationship with Dunne, and Alexander D'Arcy has some very funny moments with Grant, as Dunne's voice teacher who provokes Grant to fits of jealousy. Not an awful lot really happens, but there are a lot of zany moments.
If you enjoy these 30's 'screwball comedies', "The Awful Truth" is one of the best ones, and you almost certainly won't be disappointed with it.