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screwball comedies > ~watchlisted~ & ~rated~

by spoilsbury_toast_girl • Created 1 year ago • Modified 11 months ago
>watchlist: pages 1-5
>watched and rated movies: pages 5-6

>further sauces and info:

https://letterboxd.com/theriverjordan/list/where-to-begin-screwball-comedies/

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000021896/ ("What Is Screwball?")
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls013183546/ (434 titles)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls064597659/ (282 titles)
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  • Margaret Sullavan in The Good Fairy (1935)

    1. The Good Fairy

    19351h 38mApproved
    7.5 (1.7K)
    A naive girl just out of a cloistered orphanage finds that being a 'good fairy' to strangers makes life awfully complicated.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsMargaret SullavanHerbert MarshallFrank Morgan
  • Francis Lederer and Ida Lupino in One Rainy Afternoon (1936)

    2. One Rainy Afternoon

    19361h 21mApproved
    6.0 (337)
    Actor Philippe and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, resulting in an absurd public scandal; Monique's fiancé is not amused.
    DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsFrancis LedererIda LupinoHugh Herbert
  • Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, and Joan Davis in The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

    3. The Groom Wore Spurs

    19511h 21mApproved
    5.3 (408)
    An attorney is hired to keep a dumb cowboy out of trouble.
    DirectorRichard WhorfStarsGinger RogersJack CarsonJoan Davis
  • Eric Blore, Johnny Downs, and June Lang in Redhead (1941)

    4. Redhead

    19411h 4mApproved
    5.7 (129)
    A young playboy and a girl marry because they think the boy's rich father will pay the girl $20,000 to divorce his son, and they will then split the money. Instead, the father works out a deal with the girl in which she will not only stay married to him, but try to reform him.
    DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsJune LangJohnny DownsEric Blore
  • Merry Wives of Reno (1934)

    5. Merry Wives of Reno

    19341h 4mPassed
    6.2 (335)
    Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
    DirectorH. Bruce HumberstoneStarsGuy KibbeeGlenda FarrellDonald Woods
  • Brian Aherne and Constance Bennett in Merrily We Live (1938)

    6. Merrily We Live

    19381h 35mApproved
    7.3 (2.5K)
    A wealthy socialite who hires ex-cons and hobos as staff takes in a handsome drifter as her chauffeur. Her daughter Geraldine becomes interested in him.
    DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsConstance BennettBrian AherneAlan Mowbray
  • Robert Benchley, Robert Montgomery, and Rosalind Russell in Live, Love and Learn (1937)

    7. Live, Love and Learn

    19371h 18mApproved
    5.9 (497)
    Bob is a struggling artist who paints for his own amusement. Julie is a rich society girl. When they meet, it is cute and they are soon married. Living in a small apartment with the constant company of close friend Oscar, they are poor, but happy. When the papers run the story about his riot in the park, Bob is suddenly news. With his private showing he becomes the society's newest sensation. Bob becomes serious, devoid of fun and adventure. Money becomes his prime concern and all the introductions are handled by Lilly. But this is not the life that either Julie or Oscar want.
    DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsRobert MontgomeryRosalind RussellRobert Benchley
  • Myrna Loy and William Powell in Love Crazy (1941)

    8. Love Crazy

    19411h 39mApproved
    7.4 (3.6K)
    A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.
    DirectorJack ConwayStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyGail Patrick
  • Brian Aherne, Claudette Colbert, and Ray Milland in Skylark (1941)

    9. Skylark

    19411h 32mApproved
    6.1 (722)
    As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. Just at the moment when she is trying to decide what to do, she meets a handsome attorney, and their innocent flirtation begins to turn into something a bit more serious.
    DirectorMark SandrichStarsClaudette ColbertRay MillandBrian Aherne
  • Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, and Gail Patrick in My Favorite Wife (1940)

    10. My Favorite Wife

    19401h 28mApproved
    7.2 (12K)
    Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the very day that her husband remarries.
    DirectorGarson KaninStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRandolph Scott
  • Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, and Dick Foran in Guest Wife (1945)

    11. Guest Wife

    19451h 30mApproved
    6.4 (545)
    A newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.
    DirectorSam WoodStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheDick Foran
  • Errol Flynn, Patti Brady, Eleanor Parker, S.Z. Sakall, and Lucile Watson in Never Say Goodbye (1946)

    12. Never Say Goodbye

    19461h 37mApproved
    6.7 (1.4K)
    After divorce, 7-year-old Flip is unhappy. She begins corresponding with a Marine, sending him a photo of Ellen pretending she wrote the flirtatious letters. When the Marine arrives to meet his pen pal, Ellen uses it to make Phil jealous.
    DirectorJames V. KernStarsErrol FlynnEleanor ParkerLucile Watson
  • Ray Milland and Loretta Young in The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)

    13. The Doctor Takes a Wife

    19401h 28mApproved
    6.8 (1.1K)
    A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
    DirectorAlexander HallStarsLoretta YoungRay MillandReginald Gardiner
  • Lee Bowman, Adele Jergens, Rosalind Russell, and Charles Winninger in She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945)

    14. She Wouldn't Say Yes

    19451h 27mApproved
    6.2 (610)
    Psychiatrist Susan Lane meets comic artist Michael Kent. She dislikes his impulsiveness. He pursues her, hatching a plan with her father to marry her. She plans to get rid of him with a patient's help.
    DirectorAlexander HallStarsRosalind RussellLee BowmanAdele Jergens
  • Olivia de Havilland and Dick Powell in Hard to Get (1938)

    15. Hard to Get

    19381h 22mApproved
    6.7 (801)
    A spoiled heiress must work off her gas bill at Bill's auto camp. She plots revenge by sending him to her father for business funding, but unexpected events follow.
    DirectorRay EnrightStarsDick PowellOlivia de HavillandCharles Winninger
  • Brian Aherne, Kirk Alyn, George Adrian, Janet Blair, Chavo de Leon, Tom Lincir, Tito Renaldo, Rosalind Russell, and George Travell in My Sister Eileen (1942)

    16. My Sister Eileen

    19421h 36mApproved
    7.0 (1.9K)
    Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.
    DirectorAlexander HallStarsRosalind RussellBrian AherneJanet Blair
  • Robert Benchley, Fred MacMurray, and Rosalind Russell in Take a Letter, Darling (1942)

    17. Take a Letter, Darling

    19421h 32mApproved
    6.8 (629)
    A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
    DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsRosalind RussellFred MacMurrayMacdonald Carey
  • Lew Ayres and Robert Taylor in Remember? (1939)

    18. Remember?

    19391h 23mApproved
    5.9 (625)
    A jilted man gives his divorced best friend and his ex-wife - to whom he was previously engaged - a potion that causes them to forget each other. Will they fall in love all over again?
    DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsRobert TaylorGreer GarsonLew Ayres
  • Cary Grant and Frances Drake in Ladies Should Listen (1934)

    19. Ladies Should Listen

    19341h 2mApproved
    6.3 (551)
    The switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of some mineral rights he owns, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artists.
    DirectorFrank TuttleStarsCary GrantFrances DrakeEdward Everett Horton
  • Brian Aherne and Joan Crawford in I Live My Life (1935)

    20. I Live My Life

    19351h 37mApproved
    5.9 (791)
    Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece, where she meets Terry, an archaeologist. She flirts with him and he falls for her. She heads back to New York and he follows her to propose marriage, but finds her lifestyle uncomfortable. He decides to leave, but Mrs. Gage, Kay's grandmother, encourages him to stay. Kay and Terry become engaged, but just before the wedding they have a huge quarrel. Will Terry be left at the altar?
    DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJoan CrawfordBrian AherneFrank Morgan
  • Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Diana Lynn, and Franchot Tone in Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

    21. Every Girl Should Be Married

    19481h 25mApproved
    6.3 (2.7K)
    A willful woman concocts an elaborate scheme to trap a handsome pediatrician into marriage.
    DirectorDon HartmanStarsCary GrantBetsy DrakeFranchot Tone
  • Tales of Manhattan (1942)

    22. Tales of Manhattan

    19421h 58mApproved
    7.3 (2.7K)
    A formal tailcoat that gets passed from one owner to another affects each life in a significant way.
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsCharles BoyerRita HayworthGinger Rogers
  • Joan Crawford and Robert Montgomery in No More Ladies (1935)

    23. No More Ladies

    19351h 20mApproved
    6.0 (989)
    A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
    DirectorsEdward H. GriffithGeorge CukorStarsJoan CrawfordRobert MontgomeryCharles Ruggles
  • Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Myrna Loy in Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

    24. Wife vs. Secretary

    19361h 28mApproved
    7.0 (4.1K)
    The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional.
    DirectorClarence BrownStarsClark GableJean HarlowMyrna Loy
  • Jean Arthur and George Murphy in The Public Menace (1935)

    25. The Public Menace

    19351h 12mApproved
    6.3 (307)
    Non-citizen Arthur marries reporter Murphy for a bogus gangster's confession. A divorce is needed, and Murphy is fired. The gangster wants her to be his girlfriend, the police are outside, and only one who can save her is Murphy.
    DirectorErle C. KentonStarsJean ArthurGeorge MurphyDouglass Dumbrille

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