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The Awful Truth

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Product Details

Release Date:	04/17/2018
UPC:	0715515213516
Original Release:	1937
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	1:31:00
Sales rank:	15,889

Special Features

New 4K Digital Restoration; 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
Robert Allen	Frank Randall
Cecil Cunningham	Aunt Patsy
Mary Forbes	Mrs. Vance
Alex D'Arcy	Armand Duvalle
Molly Lamont	Barbara Vance
Esther Dale	Mrs. Leeson
Joyce Compton	Dixie Belle Lee
Claud Allister	Lord Fabian
Zita Moulton	Lady Fabian
Marguerite Churchill	Barbara Vance
Bess Flowers	Viola Heath
Ed Mortimer	Lucy's Attorney
Edward Peil	Bailiff
John Tyrrell	Hank
Miki Morita	Japanese Servant
Robert Warwick	Mr. Vance
Edgar Dearing	Motor Cop
Scott Colton	Mr. Barnsley
Wyn Cahoon	Mrs. Barnsley
Paul Stanton	Judge
Al Bridge	Motor Cop
Leonard Carey	Butler
Byron Foulger	Secretary
Bobby Watson	Hotel Clerk
Frank Wilson	M.C.
Mitchell Harris	Jerry's Attorney
Vernon Dent	Police Sergeant
George Pearce	Caretaker

Technical Credits

Leo McCarey	Director,Producer
Lionel Banks	Art Director
Al Clark	Editor
Vina Delmar	Screenwriter
Milton Drake	Songwriter
Stephen Goosson	Art Director
Babs Johnstone	Set Decoration/Design
Robert Kalloch	Costumes/Costume Designer
Ben Oakland	Score Composer,Songwriter
Everett J. Riskin	Associate Producer
Morris W. Stoloff	Musical Direction/Supervision
Joseph Walker	Cinematographer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Awful Truth
1. "A Deep Florida Tan" [2:36]
2. Suspicious Arise [10:22]
3. Chancery Court [3:29]
4. A Night In [4:00]
5. "This Is My Day To Visit Mr. Smith" [3:31]
6. "I Think I'm In Love" [1:33]
7. The Virginia Club [10:02]
8. "Home On The Range" [2:55]
9. Rumors [4:48]
10. A Poem For Lucy [5:07]
11. Recital Crashing [1:55]
12. A Change of Heart [3:20]
13. Mr. Smith's Hat Trick [6:27]
14. Jerry and The Madcap Heiress [:02]
15. A Toast [1:50]
16. The Dinner Party [5:44]
17. "My Dreams Are Gone With The Wind" [6:41]
18. A Country Inn [6:00]
19. Nightime Breeze [4:38]
1. Color Bars [5:47]
1. Chapter 1 [59:35]
2. Chapter 2 [:00]
1. Chapter 1 [15:57]
1. Chapter 1 [24:00]
1. Chapter 1 [6:52]

Videos

Preview

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

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.

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