American silent film comedies were dominated by sight gags, stunts, and comic violence, says Kalat, and with the advent of sound during the 1930s, comedies became a riot of runaway heiresses and fast-talking
screwballs. He finds, however, that the overlap between the genres has been lost to film history, and discusses the people and work with a foot in both camps.
A later description of the genre, which applied equally to the Astaire and Rogers films, was that the movies needed to be "sex comedies without the sex." Given the Depression, moreover, escapist
screwball comedy and the Astaire and Rogers pictures usually were set in ritzy, upscale locales in which money was not a concern.
Critique: A truly exceptional and impressively researched biography that reads as smoothly as any riveting suspense novel, "The Ice Cream Blonde: The Whirlwind Life and Mysterious Death of
Screwball Comedienne Thelma Todd" is very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to community and academic library American Biography collections.
The Dressmaker 118mins 12A EVEN the best actors make bad decisions, but seeing Kate Winslet stooping to star in a
screwball comedy this duff truly takes your breath away.
Friends Colin Crossland from Emley Moor, Ashley Brook from Upper Denby and Nigel Nixon from Barnsley have bought a "banger" to join The
Screwball Rally around Europe.
In a possible first in cinema history, the comedy starring Will Ferrell as
screwball newsman Ron Burgundy is getting a brand-new facelift and goes on general release for one week only.
The art of the
screwball comedy; madcap entertainment from the 1930s to today.
isn't quite the
screwball comedy classic her fans were hoping for either, but it's an entertaining enough romcom.
This superlative
screwball comedy from acclaimed director Howard Hawks is arguably the best of the four films Grant and Hepburn made together, with both stars on their funniest form.
SPRINGFIELD - Fred Crafts' Radio Redux puts on the
screwball comedy "The Philadelphia Story" this weekend at the Wildish Theater.
Each struggles to avoid completely ruining the other's life while desperately trying to get his old one back in this
screwball comedy from the makers of The Hangover.
Blaisdell's Carl Hubbell: A Biography of the
Screwball King immediately informs the reader why this is such a fun book to read.
Hartnett told Hubbell, "We'll waste everything except the
screwball. Get that over, but keep your fastball and hook inside.
As part of her mound accomplishments, she threw her
screwball for a strike for the first time in her career.
