Favorite Screwball Comedy - Blu-ray Forum

principehomura · 09-08-2017, 10:16 AM

Pick your favorite screwball comedy!
I limited the selection to 10 picks, one of them being 'other', and limiting it to just 1 film per director.
I tried to chose the most recognized, hope to have selected well.

Todd Tomorrow · 09-08-2017, 10:49 AM

To Be or Not to Be, then Nothing Sacred and then It Happened One Night.

Never been a huge fan of Bringing Up Baby, the comedy is to broad for my taste.

principehomura · 09-08-2017, 11:07 AM

Nice to see Nothing Sacred mentioned! I thought it was gonna be ignored, usually it is under-estimated!

I was unsure which one to pick between Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday... at the end decided that the last one was too similar to Nothing Sacred and decided for the fun.

Of all the omissions, I am sorry for The Thin Man, but I didn't want too many films and decided it was too myster-ish.

AaronJ · 09-09-2017, 02:06 AM

His Girl Friday

This is not only my favorite comedy of this type but one of my favorite films period. It's just brilliantly written and has great lead performances by Grant and Russell. Hawks does a wonderful job directing as well, of course.

Bensonmum · 09-10-2017, 04:02 PM

Of the films listed: The Philidelphia Story

View Poll Results: Tour Favorite Screwball Comedy
It Happened One Night (F. Capra, 1934)	1	8.33%
My Man Godfrey (G. La Cava, 1936)	0	0%
Nothing Sacred (W. Wellman, 1937)	0	0%
The Awful Truth (L. McCarey, 1937)	0	0%
Bringing Up Baby (H. Hawks, 1938)	6	50.00%
The Philadelphia Story (G. Cukor, 1940)	2	16.67%
Remember the Night (M. Leisen, 1940)	0	0%
To Be or Not to Be (E. Lubitsch, 1942)	2	16.67%
The Palm Beach Story (P. Sturges, 1942)	0	0%
other	1	8.33%
Voters: 12. You may not vote on this poll

09-08-2017, 10:16 AM	#1
principehomura Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Italy 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:211 DVD collection:223	Favorite Screwball Comedy Pick your favorite screwball comedy! I limited the selection to 10 picks, one of them being 'other', and limiting it to just 1 film per director. I tried to chose the most recognized, hope to have selected well. Last edited by principehomura; 09-08-2017 at 10:26 AM.

09-08-2017, 10:49 AM	#2
Todd Tomorrow Blu-ray Knight Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Berlin, Germany Blu-ray reviews:1	To Be or Not to Be, then Nothing Sacred and then It Happened One Night. Never been a huge fan of Bringing Up Baby, the comedy is to broad for my taste.

09-08-2017, 11:07 AM	#3
principehomura Power Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011 Location:Italy 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:211 DVD collection:223	Nice to see Nothing Sacred mentioned! I thought it was gonna be ignored, usually it is under-estimated! I was unsure which one to pick between Bringing Up Baby and His Girl Friday... at the end decided that the last one was too similar to Nothing Sacred and decided for the fun. Of all the omissions, I am sorry for The Thin Man, but I didn't want too many films and decided it was too myster-ish.

09-09-2017, 02:06 AM	#4
AaronJ Banned Member since:Jul 2013 Location:Michigan 4K collection:47 Blu-ray collection:624 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	His Girl Friday This is not only my favorite comedy of this type but one of my favorite films period. It's just brilliantly written and has great lead performances by Grant and Russell. Hawks does a wonderful job directing as well, of course.

09-10-2017, 04:02 PM	#5
Bensonmum Junior Member Member since:Jun 2017 Location:Orlando FL 4K collection:118 Blu-ray collection:1169 DVD collection:1	Of the films listed: The Philidelphia Story

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