The awful truth / Columbia Pictures Corporation presents ; a Leo McCarey production ; screen play, Viña Delmar ; directed by Leo McCarey.

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"IIn this Oscar-winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other's infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. But try as they might to move on, the mischievous...

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Uniform Title:Awful truth (Motion picture : 1937)
Criterion collection ; 917.
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation (Presenter, Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: McCarey, Leo (Film director, Film producer)
Delmar, Viña, 1903-1990 (Screenwriter)
Dunne, Irene, 1898-1990 (Actor)
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986 (Actor)
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991 (Actor)
D'Arcy, Alex, 1908-1996 (Actor)
Cunningham, Cecil, 1888-1959 (Actor)
Lamont, Molly, 1910-2001 (Actor)
Dale, Esther, 1885-1961 (Actor)
Compton, Joyce, 1907-1997 (Actor)
Allen, Robert, 1906-1998 (Actor)
Walker, Joseph B. (director of photography.)
Clark, Al, 1902-1971 (Editor of moving image work)
Oakland, Ben, 1907-1979 (composer (expression))
Drake, Milton, 1912-2006 (Lyricist)
Richman, Arthur, 1886-1944
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH).
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Edition:DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 917.
Subjects:
Married people > Drama.
Separated people > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Divorce > Drama.
Divorce.
Man-woman relationships.
Married people.
Separated people.
Screwball comedy films.
Romantic comedy films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Screwball comedy films.
Romantic comedy films.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 unnumbered pages : illustrations : 19 cm).
Format: Video DVD

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500 |a Based on a play by Arthur Richman. 
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500 |a Accompanied by a booklet featuring an essay, "Divorce, McCarey style", by film critic Molly Haskell. 
500 |a Special features: New 4K digital restoration; New interview with critic Gary Giddins about director Leo McCarey; "Tell me lies about Cary Grant," a new video essay by film critic David Cairns on Cary Grant's performance; illustrated 1978 audio interview with actor Irene Dunne; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film from 1939, starring Grant and Claudette Colbert. 
511 1 |a Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, Esther Dale, Joyce Compton, Robert Allen, Robert Warwick, Mary Forbes. 
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520 |a "IIn this Oscar-winning farce, Cary Grant (in the role that first defined the Cary Grant persona) and Irene Dunne exude charm, cunning, and artless affection as an urbane couple who, fed up with each other's infidelities, resolve to file for divorce. But try as they might to move on, the mischievous Jerry can't help meddling in Lucy's ill-matched engagement to a corn-fed Oklahoma businessman (Ralph Bellamy), and a mortified Lucy begins to realize that she may be saying goodbye to the only dance partner capable of following her lead. Directed by the versatile Leo McCarey, a master of improvisation and slapstick as well as a keen and sympathetic observer of human folly, The Awful Truth is a warm but unsparing comedy about two people whose flaws only make them more irresistable"--Container. 
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