Posted on February 27, 2009 by girlatthekerb
Screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s couldn’t always be called high-brow, story-lines anymore than comedies nowadays.
Because of censors, writers had to be clever about their innuendo (check out: It Happened One Night 1934 – Frank Capra).
Above all, the screwball comedies, and the present day romantic comedies, should have charm and connection with the audience. [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by girlatthekerb
I’m a fan of old black and white films, His Girl Friday, My Man Godfrey, You Can’t Take It With You; otherwise known as screwball comedies.
I’m not sure when the term romantic-comedy was first coined as a film category. But I suppose they stem from the screwball comedies of the 30s/40s. Films generally tagged as [...]
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