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Spotlight on... Screwball Comedies

November gloom got you down in the dumps? Dig yourself out of the doldrums with a screwball comedy. Characterized by snappy dialogue, wacky characters, and fast-paced plots, screwballs are one of the most popular comedy genres.

Try a classic or a contemporary from our collection!

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Reckless (1997)
A young doctor falls for an older woman who happens to be married to his boss.

      
Ruby in the smoke (2006)
Sally Lockhart uncovers the secrets of her father's death aboard a sunken schooner and faces Victorian England's deadliest villains with bold courage.

      
Sharpe (1993)
Maverick British officer Richard Sharpe fights desperate missions in the Napoleonic Peninsular Wars of the 19th Century.

      
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the silk stocking (2004)
A serial killer stalking teen-aged aristocratic girls brings Sherlock Holmes out of his drug-filled semi-retirement.

      
Shooting the past (1999)
The photography collection in a London mansion is threatened, and its eccentric caretakers try to save it.

      
Strangers & brothers (1984)
As World War II looms, an ambitious young English lawyer embarks on a tempestuous career and even stormier love life.

      
Summer’s lease (1989)
A family leases a Tuscan village for vacation and gets involved in the owner’s secrets.

      
The amazing Mrs. Pritchard (2006)
Fed up with politicians, a supermarket manager runs for Prime Minister, and to her surprise, wins.

      
The buccaneers (1995)
Four American girls go to England to find husbands in this adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel.

      
The cinder path (1994)
A farmer’s son becomes romantically involved with two sisters, but must leave to fight in the trenches of World War I.

      
The final cut (1995)
Prime Minister Francis Urquhart negotiates to secure his retirement and legacy.

      
The first Churchills (1969)
John and Sarah make their marks on 17th Century England.

      
The flame trees of Thika (1981)
A family struggles to turn rugged wilderness into a farm in 1913 East Africa.

      
The Forsyte saga (2002)
Seven people are involved in a love polygon in Victorian England.

      
The Forsyte saga (2003)
Cousins Fleur and Jon are deeply in love, little suspecting that their parents’ dark secret will turn their wedding plans into an ordeal.

      
The good soldier (1981)
Two wealthy couples—one American, the other British—meet at a German spa over nine seasons.

      
The last of the Mohicans (1972)
Frontier scout Hawkeye tries to lead a British commander’s daughters to safety during the French and Indian War.

      
The mayor of Casterbridge (1978)
In a drunken and disheartened state, a man sells his wife at a fair and lives to regret it in this adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel.

      
The merchant of Venice (2001)
Re-set in 1930s Venice, the money-lender Shylock demands his pound of flesh in this daring update of Shakespeare’s play.

      
The mill on the Floss (1997)
Lawyer Wakem takes the mill from the Tulliver family and becomes their worst enemy in this adaptation of George Eliot’s novel.



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