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Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "The Awful Truth"(1937)
You Tube ^ | 1937 | Leo McCarey

Posted on 08/24/2014 10:35:06 AM PDT by ReformationFan



TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1937; carygrant; comedy; irenedunne; leomccarey; mfasa; ralphbellamy; screwballcomedy; theawfultruth
Today's feature is a hilarious classic screwball comedy hit about a divorcing couple who proceed to bust up their exes' new romances starring Republican superstars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant and directed by Republican director Leo McCarey who won a Best Director Oscar for this film.
1 posted on 08/24/2014 10:35:06 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: RansomOttawa; Silentgypsy; 1010RD; Gefn; bajabaja; verga

ping


2 posted on 08/24/2014 10:36:53 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

One of my favorite movies of all time.


3 posted on 08/24/2014 10:38:03 AM PDT by what's up
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The “Gone With The Wind” song by Grant’s girlfriend then later by Miss Dunne is hysterical.


4 posted on 08/24/2014 10:45:54 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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This is exactly the kind of movie I like. Much needed after news events this week.

Thank you.


5 posted on 08/24/2014 11:06:44 AM PDT by Gefn (With the latest world events, I'm too sad to have a tag line.)
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Good pick RF

Cary Grant was so amusing. My favorites are 'Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)' and 'His Girl Friday'(1940) .

6 posted on 08/24/2014 11:56:24 AM PDT by virgil283 (Life is hard .....its harder if you re stupid.... - John Wayne)
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Thanks. Those are good ones too. They reused an “Awful Truth” plot element in “His Girl Friday” where Grant schemes to keep his ex-wife from marrying Ralph Bellamy in that film as well.

My favorite Cary Grant B & W film is “Only Angels Have Wings” (with Rita Hayworth in one of her earliest roles) and my favorite of his color films is Alfred Hitchcock’s “North By Northwest”. I think his most underrated film is the WWII comedy adventure “Once Upon A Honeymoon”(also directed by Leo “The Awful Truth” McCarey).


7 posted on 08/24/2014 12:11:43 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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'They reused an “Awful Truth” plot element in “His Girl Friday”...yeah you're right. The same with The Front Page(1931) Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien which was the first version of that and a fine film too.

I don't think I've seen “Once Upon A Honeymoon” thanks I'll look for it....

8 posted on 08/24/2014 12:22:02 PM PDT by virgil283 (Life is hard .....its harder if you re stupid.... - John Wayne)
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‘The same with The Front Page(1931) Adolphe Menjou, Pat O’Brien which was the first version of that and a fine film too.’

I’ll need to see that sometime. I believe both it and its 1940 remake are in the public domain. They’ll probably make future movies for a Sunday afternoon.

‘I don’t think I’ve seen “Once Upon A Honeymoon” thanks I’ll look for it....’

Here’s a funny scene from it where Grant impersonates a tailor to get Ginger Rogers measurements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSC6aLCAS60


9 posted on 08/24/2014 12:41:05 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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I saw an earlier version of “The Front Page” than the 1931 one but the Pat O'Brien one is the best.

https://archive.org/details/TheFrontPage1931AdolpheMenjouPatOBrienLewismiles

10 posted on 08/24/2014 2:16:51 PM PDT by virgil283 (Life is hard .....its harder if you re stupid.... - John Wayne)
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"Grant impersonates a tailor to get Ginger Rogers measurements.".... Thanks for the clip....Funny!
11 posted on 08/24/2014 2:25:29 PM PDT by virgil283 (Life is hard .....its harder if you re stupid.... - John Wayne)
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For screwball comedies, I also liked Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse, with Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Melvyn Douglas.

-PJ

12 posted on 08/24/2014 2:31:24 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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That’s a funny film. “Tear it down!”

I also like “Every Girl Should Be Married” with Grant and his 3rd offscreen wife Betsy Drake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61aYWrJ9zDU

and “Father Goose” where he played a character who was more like Archibald Leach(his real name) than Cary Grant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqTlZb95AsE


13 posted on 08/24/2014 4:43:10 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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I’ve found it!

Check this link

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3208775/posts


14 posted on 09/28/2014 12:11:01 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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I’ve found it!.....,,,,,,,,,,,,,,' Thanks'
15 posted on 10/01/2014 12:20:38 PM PDT by virgil283 (Events are the teachers of fools)
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You’re welcome. It’s kind of like of combination of “The Awful Truth” meets Alfred Hitchcock’s “Notorious”(which also featured Grant as the hero).


16 posted on 10/03/2014 11:09:34 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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