The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth (1937) starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Cecil Cunningham. Screwball comedy in which Grant and Dunne play a married couple who, based on mutual suspicion, decide to divorce. Both make plans to remarry, but spend the rest of the movie trying to prevent each other from moving on with someone else. Dunne is especially hilarious in a scene where she pretends to be Grant's sister and barges in on a social occasion thrown by his fiancée. (The DVD offers highly legible English subtitles for the hearing-impaired, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B