The Awful Truth with Cary Grant: DVD Cover

    The Awful Truth Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Robert (Tex) Allen

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/11/2003
    • Original Release: 1937
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 888
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    Features

    Closed Caption; Digitally mastered audio & video; Full screen presentation; Remastered in high definition; Audio: English; Subtitles: English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish; Bonus trailers; Interactive menus; Scene selections

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Start [:59]
    2. A Deep Florida Fan [1:26]
    3. Yesterday's Mail [2:23]
    4. "Armand's Car Broke Down" [4:40]
    5. Great Offense Is A Great Defense [2:14]
    6. Lucy's Divorce Lawyer [1:02]
    7. Chancery Court [5:03]
    8. Daniel Lesson, Stranger in Town [2:26]
    9. Visiting Day [3:31]
    10. Silly About Each Other [2:33]
    11. Pardon His Intrusion [2:22]
    12. Oklahoma Envy [1:41]
    13. "My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind" [2:51]
    14. Oklahoma Stomp [2:01]
    15. "Home on the Range" [1:21]
    16. A Little Business Proposition [1:34]
    17. A Silly Story [2:44]
    18. Jerry's Swell Reference [3:49]
    19. A Poem for Lucy [3:21]
    20. Crashing Lucy's Recital [1:55]
    21. Daniel's Diploma [3:19]
    22. Mr. Smith's Hat Trick [4:13]
    23. Armand Hammered [2:14]
    24. Barbara Vance, Madcap Heiress [5:19]
    25. Crossed Wires [3:52]
    26. Miss Lola Warriner [9:06]
    27. "What Else Can Happen to Us?" [4:19]
    28. An Innocent Night in the Country [8:05]

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    Editorial Reviews

    One of the greatest screwball comedies of the thirties, The Awful Truth is arguably the archetypal example of this influential genre. The plot -- in which a gorgeous, sophisticated couple (played by Cary Grant and Irene Dunne) divorce, dabble with various Mr. and Miss Wrongs, and get back together again -- is the screwball formula distilled to its essence. Also exemplary are the film's opulent sets and costumes, and Grant's and Dunne's fabulously witty dialogue. Like the featured couple in most screwball comedies, Jerry and Lucy Warriner are made for each other, a fact reinforced mostly by their sublime bickering (and the supporting characters' futile attempts to keep up with them). Based on a stage play by Arthur Richman that had been filmed twice before, Vina Delmar's script ably supplies the two stars with choice barbs, and Leo McCarey's confident direction keeps the action moving from set piece to hilarious set piece. Grant and Dunne are, unsurprisingly, brilliant as the warring Warriners, though special mention must also be made of some of the actors playing their hapless suitors: Ralph Bellamy as the hayseed Dan Leeson (Bellamy would later play nearly the same role in Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday); Alexander d'Arcy as the hilariously insipid Armand Duvalle; and Joyce Compton as the incomparable Dixie Belle Lee. Nominated for six Oscars in 1938, the film walked away with only one, for McCarey. Mark Pittillo Barnes & Noble

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    Funny Flickby Marica

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    October 26, 2009: If you are a fan of Carey Grant and/or Irene Dunne you should enjoy this movie. They play a married couple who break up and meet and date other people but realize they really want to be together. My favorite part is when Irene crashes a family get together which Carey's snooty girlfriend is having. Irene pretends to be Carey's sister. The high class family is shocked and appalled at Carey's "sister" who is flashy, outspoken and in their view LOW class. She talks non-stop, drinks like a fish and then entertains them with a musical number called "Gone With The Wind". She explains to them that when she does it at the club her dress blows up on the chorus! Meanwhile Carey goes from being upset to trying not to laugh and of course they wind up back together in the end.

    I have always loved Irene Dunne. She was one of the best actresses of her generation.

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    March 15, 2006: Cary Grant and Irene Dunne made I think about three movies together. My favorite is My Favorite Wife but my second favorite is The Awful Truth and I think it is very amusing and I loved the witty dalogue. Grant and Dunne had great chemistry together!


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