The Awful Truth

Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play Jerry and Lucy Warriner, a modern socialite couple who have decided to get divorced. As the clock ticks down to midnight, their final hours as a married couple are spent trying to undermine the other’s attempts to find happiness, she with staid bachelor Dan Leeson, he with heiress Barbara Vance because, as Leo McCarey’s sophisticated screwball comedy proves, they’re meant for each other., Jerry and Lucy can’t help fighting, but the sparks don’t stop even when they separate. One of the classic screwball comedies, this won Best Director and was nominated for five further Academy Awards., Best Picture nominee about a bickering couple who are divorcing and go to great lengths to get under one another’s skin, including pursuing new dalliances and attempting to sabotage each other’s romances., Classic screwball comedy about a couple who divorce, both assuming that the other has been unfaithful, but then find that they cannot live apart. The terms of the divorce revolve around custody of their pet dog (played by ‘The Thin Man’ dog Asta), which soon becomes a pretext for the couple to pursue their love-hate relationship., Best Picture nominee about a bickering couple who are divorcing and go to great lengths to get under one another’s skin, including pursuing new dalliances and attempting to sabotage each other’s romances. Leo McCarey won a Best Director Oscar., This screwball comedy is filled with merry mix-ups and romantic misadventures that lead previously happy couple Jerry and Lucy Warriner to divorce. The trouble begins when Jerry supposedly goes to Florida for some rest; actually, he is planning to spend the vacation with his buddies.