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Holiday **** (1938, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant) – Classic Movie Review 1,259

George Cukor’s 1938 classic romantic comedy film Holiday is the perfect example of the Hollywood screwball comedy of remarriage that its stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant specialised in and made their own. Director George […]

May, 26

His Girl Friday ***** (1940, Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 1256

Director Howard Hawks’s 1940 classic slice of screwball comedy greatness reworks the vintage 1928 stage play The Front Page (first filmed as The Front Page in 1931) with a sex swap angle resulting from Columbia […]

May, 26

The Awful Truth ***** (1937, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 1247

Producer/director Leo McCarey won the 1938 Oscar as Best Director for the awfully fast and funny screwball comedy The Awful Truth, which was nominated for six Academy awards. Irene Dunne kicks up a storm in […]

May, 24

Bringing Up Baby ***** (1938, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, May Robson, Fritz Feld) – Classic Film Review 1,229

Producer-director Howard Hawks’s 1938 classic film Bringing Up Baby is the quintessential 30s screwball comedy, providing a perfect showcase for the ultimate in polished zany performances from its all-time great stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary […]

May, 18

The Philadelphia Story ***** (1940, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart) – Classic Film Review 1,228

Director George Cukor’s 1940 ultra-smart romantic comedy film The Philadelphia Story is one of Hollywood’s most glorious, with three of its all-time great stars at their most effortless, alluring, dazzling best. The movie represents the […]

May, 17

Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House ***** (1948, Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas) – Classic Film Review 1227

Ideally cast, screwball comedy legends Cary Grant and Myrna Loy prove a dream team here in 1948, giving among their most delicious ever screen performances as Jim and Muriel Blandings. They’re a couple of New York-dwelling […]

May, 17

That Touch of Mink **** (1962, Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin, Dick Sargent, John Fielder, Richard Deacon) – Classic Movie Review 851

Director Delbert Mann’s pleasing 1962 romantic comedy That Touch of Mink teams Cary Grant with Doris Day, who recalled: ‘Cary was maybe the most professional, exacting actor I ever worked with and even got involved […]

Mar, 01

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