Gather Screwball Comedy Films: A History And Filmography, 1934-1942 (Revised) Designed By Duane Byrge Readable In Version

My Man Godfrey, Four's a Crowd, My Favorite Wife, The Devil and Miss Jonesfor their inspired blend of slapstick humor with casual elegance and witty repartee, these movies are examples of what became known as "screwball" comedies.
This study focuses on the genre, filmbyfilm, yearbyyear, providing the film enthusiast or serious researcher with an informed guide to the screen offerings of the era, Each of the major contributors is profiled, from directors such as Capra, Hawks, McCarey or LaCava to writers Hecht, Krasna, Wilder, and others to the inspired lunacy of performers Grant, Lombard, Dunne, or MacMurray.
The large filmography covers more thanfilms, appearing chronologically, and gives title, studio, date, time, director, producer, writers, source, photography, cast, plot description and background notes, .