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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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Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis falls in love with an American fan, but their happiness is short-lived.

      
Shadowlands (1993)
C.S. Lewis falls in love with an American fan, but their happiness is short-lived.

      
Somewhere in time (1980)
A man uses hypnosis to travel back in time to the woman he loves.

      
Sophie’s choice (1982)
A concentration camp survivor falls in love with an American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust.

      
Steel magnolias (1989)
A young diabetic’s decision to have a baby may cost her life.

      
Stepmom (1998)
A terminally-ill mother has to make peace with her children’s stepmother.

      
Terms of endearment (1983)
A combative mother and daughter see each other through love and loss.

      
The bicycle thief (1948)
A desperately poor man and his son search for a stolen bicycle that is vital for his job.

      
The bridges of Madison County (1995)
A photographer wanders into an Iowa housewife’s life for four days and changes it forever.

      
The color purple (1985)
An African-American girl growing up in the early 1900s is raped by her father, deprived of her children, and forced to marry a brutal man.

      
The grapes of wrath (1940)
The Joad family migrates to California from their dust-bowl farm in Oklahoma during the Great Depression.

      
The green mile (1999)
Guards at a penitentiary have a moral dilemma when they discover that a murderer on death row has the power of faith healing.

      
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Through flashbacks, four Chinese women and their American daughters explore their past.

      
The kid (1921)
The Tramp rescues an abandoned baby and raises him to become his inseparable sidekick.

      
The miracle worker (1962)
Annie Sullivan struggles to communicate with and teach the deaf, blind, and mute Helen Keller.

      
The miracle worker (2000)
Annie Sullivan struggles to communicate with and teach the deaf, blind, and mute Helen Keller.

      
The notebook (2004)
Two young lovers, torn apart by their families, meet again when the woman is engaged to another.

      
The pride of the Yankees (1942)
Lou Gehrig rises to fame with the New York Yankees but is cut down by an incurable illness.

      
The umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
A solider leaves his pregnant girlfriend for duty, and her mother pressures her into marrying a wealthy gem dealer that she does not love.

      
The yearling (1946)
A boy living with his family on the Florida frontier shortly after the Civil War must sacrifice his pet fawn for the family's survival.



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