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screwball comedy

Gregory La Cava confronts the grim Great Depression in "My Man Godfrey" (courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

‘My Man Godfrey’ supplies sidesplitting comedy and social commentary

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 22, 2019
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a conflicted, comedic couple in "The Awful Truth" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘The Awful Truth,’ McCarey crafts a comedy about class

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 8, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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