1930s Screwball Comedies
Instructions: Fast-talking dames, madcap misunderstandings, and uproarious laughter -- revisit the golden age of screwball comedy!
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Which 1934 film starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert is considered the first great screwball comedy?
AThe Thin ManBMy Man GodfreyCTwentieth CenturyDIt Happened One Night - 2.
'It Happened One Night' was the first film to win all five major Academy Awards. Which were they?
APicture, Director, Actor, Actress, EditingBPicture, Director, Actor, Actress, CinematographyCPicture, Director, Actor, Actress, ScreenplayDPicture, Director, Actor, Actress, Score - 3.
Carole Lombard starred opposite William Powell as a socialite who hires a homeless man as a butler in which 1936 film?
AMy Man GodfreyBTrue ConfessionCHands Across the TableDNothing Sacred - 4.
In 'Bringing Up Baby' (1938), Katharine Hepburn's character has a pet of what kind?
AA poodleBA leopardCA monkeyDA parrot - 5.
Who directed 'Bringing Up Baby' and 'His Girl Friday'?
APreston SturgesBHoward HawksCErnst LubitschDFrank Capra - 6.
In 'The Thin Man' (1934), William Powell and Myrna Loy play Nick and Nora Charles. What is Nick's profession?
ARetired detectiveBPrivate detectiveCLawyerDNewspaper reporter - 7.
Which 1938 film features Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in a madcap adventure involving a dinosaur bone?
AThe Philadelphia StoryBHolidayCSylvia ScarlettDBringing Up Baby - 8.
Frank Capra directed which 1934 screwball comedy about a runaway heiress and a reporter?
AMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonBMr. Deeds Goes to TownCIt Happened One NightDYou Can't Take It with You - 9.
Carole Lombard was married to which famous leading man before her tragic death in a plane crash in 1942?
AClark GableBCary GrantCWilliam PowellDRobert Taylor - 10.
In 'Twentieth Century' (1934), John Barrymore plays a theatrical producer trying to win back which actress?
ACarole LombardBMyrna LoyCClaudette ColbertDJean Arthur - 11.
Which director was known as the 'King of Screwball Comedy' and created 'The Lady Eve' and 'Sullivan's Travels'?
APreston SturgesBLeo McCareyCHoward HawksDErnst Lubitsch - 12.
Jean Arthur played a witty, fast-talking woman in which 1938 Frank Capra comedy about an eccentric family?
AEasy LivingBMr. Deeds Goes to TownCYou Can't Take It with YouDMr. Smith Goes to Washington - 13.
What is the 'Lubitsch Touch,' named after director Ernst Lubitsch?
AElegant, witty, and sophisticated comedic styleBDark, moody lightingCExtreme close-upsDHeavy use of slapstick - 14.
In 'Nothing Sacred' (1937), Carole Lombard plays a woman who pretends to be dying of what?
ATuberculosisBRadium poisoningCA broken heartDMalaria - 15.
Which screwball comedy element distinguishes the genre from other comedies of the era?
AMusical numbersBBattle of the sexes between equally matched protagonistsCAnimation sequencesDSlapstick pie fights