Steven C. Smith in suit & tie.

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944): Music, Pacing & the Screwball Comedy; Steven C. Smith & Aliece Pickett

Harvey (1950 film): A Sly Satire on the Age of Conformity; with Edward Schroeder & Aliece Pickett

The Awful Truth (1937): Cary Grant’s Screen Persona Perfected; and Ralph Bellamy’s Mastery of the Comic Foil; with Edward Schroeder & Aliece Pickett

Aliece Pickett and Lauren Wolfer,
Film Analysis of Screwball Comedy
My Man Godfrey

Aliece Pickett and Lauren Wolfer,
Film Analysis of Screwball Comedy
Ball of Fire

Aliece Pickett and Lauren Wolfer,
Film Analysis of Screwball Comedy
His Girl Friday

Aliece Pickett and Edward Schroeder,
Film Analysis of Screwball Comedy
Adam’s Rib

Cedric Gibbons, Art Deco, and the Screwball Comedy: Libeled Lady (1936 film)

Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer: Cedric Gibbons, Art Deco, and the Screwball Comedy: Libeled Lady (1936 film). It stars Jean Harlow, William Powell, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy; director Jack Conway; and screenplay by Maurine Dallas Watkins and Howard Emmett Rogers. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey #JeanHarlow. #WilliamPowell. #MyrnaLoy. #SpencerTracy. #JackConway. #MaurineDallasWatkins. #HowardEmmettRogers.

Screwball Comedy’s Sexiest Scene: The Lady Eve (1941 film)

Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Edward Schroeder the Screwball Comedy’s sexiest scene in The Lady Eve (1941 film). It stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda and Charles Coburn; director and writer Preston Sturges. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey. #BarbaraStanwyck. #HenryFonda. #CharlesCoburn. #PrestonSturges.

Screwball Comedy of Remarriage: The Philadelphia Story (1940 film)

Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Edward Schroeder the Screwball Comedy of Remarriage in The Philadelphia Story (1940 film). It stars Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey; director George Cukor; and screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey #KatherineHepburn. #CaryGrant. #JamesStewart. #RuthHussey. #GeorgeCukor. #DonaldOgdenStewart.

Screwball Comedy Marriage-Revolution: The Thin Man (1934 film)

Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the Screwball Comedy marriage-revolution in The Thin Man (1934 film), and the sleuthing-bantering couple sub-genre. It stars William Powell, Myrna Loy and Maureen O’Sullivan; directed by W.S. Van Dyke; screenplay by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich and story by Dashiell Hammett. #screwball_film. #screwball_film-society. #screwballcomedy. #WilliamPowell. #MyrnaLoy. #MaureenO’Sullivan. #WSVanDyke. #AlbertHackett. #FrancesGoodrich. #DashiellHammett.

Screwball Comedy vs. Slapstick: Bringing Up Baby (1938 film)

Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the reasons Bringing Up Baby (1938 film) is more Screwball Comedy than Slapstick Comedy. It stars Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, May Robson and Charles Ruggles; director Howard Hawks; and screenplay by Dudley Nichols and Hagar Wilde. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society. #screwballcomedy. #screwballfilmsociey. #KatherineHepburn. #CaryGrant. #MayRobson. #CharlesRuggles. #HowardHawks. #DudleyNichols. #HagarWilde.

Screwball Comedy vs. Romantic Comedy: It Happened One Night (1934 film)

Film Society of Screwball Comedy founder Aliece Pickett discusses with Lauren Wolfer the reasons It Happened One Night (1934 film) is more Screwball Comedy than Romantic Comedy. The film stars Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly and Roscoe Karns; director Frank Capra; screenplay by Robert Riskin. #screwball_film. #screwball_film_society.
#screwballfilmsociety. #screwballcomedy. #ClaudetteColbert. #ClarkGable. #WalterConnolly. #RoscoeKarns. #FrankCapra.
#RobertRiskin.

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