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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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Miss Pettigrew lives for a day (2008)
A London governess is catapulted into the dizzying, glamorous world of an American socialite.

      
Move over, darling (1963)
Five years after his wife disappered in a plane crash, a man has her declared legally dead, only to have her turn up on his wedding night to his new bride.

      
My favorite wife (1940)
With his first wife believed dead after seven years missing at sea, a dashing attorney marries again, only to have her suddenly appear on his honeymoon night.

      
My man Godfrey (1936)
A zany millionaire family invites a tramp to be their butler and finds that he is richer than they are.

      
Ninotchka (1939)
A Soviet official in Paris succumbs to the charms of a suave Frenchman.

      
Office space (2002)
A “cubicle slave” actively tries to get fired and instead is promoted to management, where he can play out his grand embezzling scheme.

      
One, two, three (1961)
A Coca-Cola executive in Cold War West Berlin has to break up the marriage of his boss’s daughter to a Communist or risk his job.

      
Overboard (1987)
A pretentious socialite winds up in the world of a struggling carpenter with four kids.

      
Pillow talk (1959)
A man and a woman who share a party line despise each other, until he assumes another persona to seduce her.

      
Priceless (2006)
Through a set of wacky circumstances, a young gold digger mistakenly woos a mild-mannered bartender thinking he's wealthy.

      
Raising Arizona (1987)
When a childless ex-con and his ex-cop wife decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, life get pretty complicated.

      
School for scoundrels (1960)
A milquetoast attends the “Lifeman” college and learns how to take advantage of people.

      
School for scoundrels (2006)
A ng guy short on luck enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when his teacher has the same agenda.

      
Some like it hot (1959)
Two unemployed musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.

      
State and Main (2000)
A movie crew invades a small town that is all too ready to give up its values for show biz glitz.

      
Sullivan’s travels (1941)
A successful Hollywood director disguises himself as a bum and sets off to see America from the bottom up.

      
That touch of mink (1962)
A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save her virginity for marriage.

      
The awful truth (1937)
A separated couple sabotages each other's love affairs while waiting for their divorce decree to become final.

      
The bachelor and the bobby-soxer (1947)
A playboy tries to discourage a teenager’s crush by dating her and acting more immature than she is.

      
The gay divorcee (1934)
A dancer begins pursuing an English woman who is trying to invent grounds for divorcing her husband.



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