The Awful Truth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The Awful Truth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant
Cary Grant
, Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne
, Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
, Cecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham
Leo McCarey
The Awful Truth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

The Awful Truth [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Cary Grant
Cary Grant
, Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne
, Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
, Cecil Cunningham
Cecil Cunningham
Leo McCarey

Blu-ray (Black & White)

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Overview

Leo McCarey directed this classic screwball comedy in which Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a couple whose marriage is starting to fall apart. Jerry informs Lucy that he's taking a vacation alone in Florida; instead, he holes up with his buddies and plays poker for a week (while sitting under a sun lamp so he'll have an appropriate tan). Lucy concludes that Jerry was never in Florida just as Jerry discovers that Lucy was spending her time with Armand Duvalle (Alex D'Arcy), a handsome voice teacher. Both Jerry and Lucy believe the other was unfaithful, so they agree to a trial divorce, with a bitter battle fought over custody of Mr. Smith, the dog (Lucy gets the dog, but Jerry has visitation rights). Determined to make Jerry jealous, Lucy continues keeping company with Armand while also dating Daniel Leeson (Ralph Bellamy), a wealthy oil man from Oklahoma. Convinced that turnabout is fair play, Jerry starts going out with Dixie Belle Lee (Joyce Compton), a brassy nightclub singer, as well as socialite Barbara Vance (Molly Lamont). However, Lucy has belatedly decided that she wants Jerry back, and she hatches a plan to win him back by making a spectacle of herself at a party. The Awful Truth was based on a play which had been filmed twice before, but McCarey gave his superb comic cast free reign to improvise and add new business, and the results were splendid; you haven't lived until you've heard Irene Dunne attempt to sing "Home on the Range."

Product Details

Release Date: 04/17/2018
UPC: 0715515213417
Original Release: 1937
Rating: NR
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 1:31:00
Sales rank: 9,772

Special Features

New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with critic Gary Giddins about Director Leo McCarey; 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; Plus: An essay by film critic Molly Haskell

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Cary Grant Jerry Warriner
Irene Dunne Lucy Warriner
Ralph Bellamy Daniel Leeson
Cecil Cunningham Aunt Patsy
Molly Lamont Barbara Vance
Esther Dale Mrs. Leeson
Joyce Compton Dixie Belle Lee
Robert Allen Frank Randall,Frank Randall
Robert Warwick Mr. Vance
Mary Forbes Mrs. Vance
Claud Allister Lord Fabian
Zita Moulton Lady Fabian
Scott Colton Mr. Barnsley
Wyn Cahoon Mrs. Barnsley
Paul Stanton Judge
Mitchell Harris Jerry's Attorney
Alan Bridge Motor Cop,Motor Cop
Edgar Dearing Motor Cop
Leonard Carey Butler
Miki Morita Japanese Servant
Frank C. Wilson M.C.,M.C.
Vernon Dent Police Sergeant
George Pearce Caretaker,Caretaker
Bobby Watson Hotel Clerk
Byron Foulger Secretary
Kathryn Curry Celeste
Edward Peil Sr. Bailiff
Bess Flowers Viola Heath
John Tyrrell Hank
Ed Mortimer Lucy's Attorney
Alexander D'Arcy Armand Duvalle
Marguerite Churchill Barbara Vance
Ben Oakland Composer

Technical Credits
Leo McCarey Director,Producer
Viña Delmar Screenwriter
Everett Riskin Producer
Arthur Richman Screenwriter
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