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The Awful Truth (1937)

Irene Dunne , Cary Grant , Leo McCarey  |  Unrated |  DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (139 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham
  • Directors: Leo McCarey
  • Writers: Arthur Richman, Sidney Buchman, Vińa Delmar
  • Producers: Leo McCarey, Everett Riskin
  • Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese
  • Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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    Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players. For more information on RCE, click .
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: Unrated
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: March 11, 2003
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (139 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000085EFE
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,405 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "The Awful Truth" on IMDb

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Editorial Reviews

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One of the top five screwball comedies of the '30s, this helped to cement a genre that waxed golden until the end of WWII. Director Leo McCarey won an Oscar for Best Director for this 1937 romantic comedy--one of the most successful films of his career. Irene Dunne and Cary Grant are a squabbling couple who separate because of supposed infidelities on both sides. They part but cannot really keep away from each other. Grant finds himself hooked up with a socialite, Dunne becomes engaged to a millionaire hick played by the hapless Ralph Bellamy (as if he ever stood a chance as the "other" man!). When not dating others or baiting one another in a verbal war, Grant and Dunne wage a custody battle over their pathetic pooch. Gags, double entendre, witty remarks, snide comments, and fast-paced dialogue helped this to garner six Academy Award nominations. The Awful Truth was awfully good to Dunne and Grant, as both were breaking out of much more serious molds and this secured their positions. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Product Description

Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy. During divorce proceedings, a couple finds themselves falling in love all over again. Directed by Leo McCarey, who won an Oscar. 1937/b&w/92 min/NR/fullscreen.

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The Awful Truth is an outstanding comedy with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. Matthew G. Sherwin  |  32 reviewers made a similar statement
Wonderful movie and one that I can watch over and over and still smile and laugh every time. HollyJo  |  24 reviewers made a similar statement
You won't find a better collection of Cary Grant films in a better boxed set. Ruby Tuesday  |  16 reviewers made a similar statement
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127 of 128 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Screwball Comedy April 9, 2003
Format:DVD
- The five stars are for the film itself not the dvd edition-

This is one of those landmark films that really lives up to its well deserved fame, when one finally has the opportunity to watch it.

Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, are perfectly matched as the ever-quarreling wife and husband, who, in spite of loving each other, for rather childish reasons, are granted a divorce, but before it's final, they have the chance to think it over one last time.

Really hilarious scenes by the two leads and by the excellent supporting cast, especially Ralph Bellamy as Dunne's suitor, Cecil Cunnigham as the wisecracking Aunt Patsy and Esther Dale as Bellamy's mother. Nice bit by Joyce Compton too, as an "air-head" southern-accented, singer, who gives a very peculiar singing-act.

Perfectly paced, at 91 minutes running time, there's no time left to breathe between scenes, so expertly tied to each other, that it's hard to believe it was filmed, as it was told by the actors, mostly unaware of what was going on. Apparently the only one who knew was master of comedy, director Leo McCarey, who won one an Academy Award for it.

Now about the quality of the dvd edition, I must say that I bought this movie along with the dvd editions of "Talk of the Town" and "You Can't Take it with You", completely unaware of the absolutely negative customer reviews here at Amazon. As matter of fact, having watched this movie just last night, and still having not watched the other two, I was absolutely frightened of what I'd see (and what I still have to suffer!), upon reading all those negative reviews by Amazon customers, concerning these three classic films....

Concerning "The Awful Truth", I must say that I feared even worse, because at least some portions of the movie are crisp and clean, but many others are very grainy, bad quality, faded, etc, so one wonders about the "digitally mastered" and the "remastered in high definition", as said on the back of the dvd case. It's one of dvd's I own, and I have almost 200, with the most "uneven" image quality I ever saw.

It's really a pity that Sony-Columbia Classics, didn't treat this classics, the way they had treated the first classics they released on dvd, of which I own many, so I know waht I'm talking about: "It Happened One Night", "His Girl Friday", "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", "Gilda", "Only Angels Have Wings", "Angels Over Broadway", "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington"......especially considering the price of their editions....we all know, Warner releases are cheaper, and until today, their editions are of very good quality, indeed.

So boooohhh for the people who released this editions, so unrespectfully to us classic film buffs, and for charging between U$ 25- 30, for something that shouldn't cost more than 11 bucks.

Still I wonder: The laserdisc editions of these three classics, were as bad as the dvd editions? I don't believe so, 'cos most of the laserdisc editions of classics were of very high definition and quality....so, what happened with the dvd editions? How can it be that one Amazon customer says that the VHS editions of some of this films are better than the dvd ones? I remember watching a TV showing of "You Can't Take It with You"...and its quality was excellent....maybe the laserdisc was the source? Or those excellent copies belong to some other company?.

Sony-Columbia owes an apology to its thousands of customers, and even more, they should release these three classic films, in the way they deserve, as their first aforementioned releases, and give the customers who had the bad luck of buying these bad quality dvd's, the right to exchange them for the really remastered-restored editions.

Until then, we'll have to stick to these editions, 'cos it's all we have, besides recording a better version on TV. Read more ›

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115 of 121 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Holiday issue aside, a great box set February 11, 2006
By J. Ross
Format:DVD
I do agree with all of the Holiday issues-it should be released on a separate disc, and that is why this set is not rated 5 stars. However, the movies in the set are all GREAT. They are some of the best of Cary Grant and all of the other reviewers seem to completely ignore that. If you don't have two or three of the movies aside from Holiday, I would highly suggest this set-it is most certainly worth it. For those who already own three of the four previously released, I would think about how much I really loved Holiday before buying this.

A quick rundown of the movies in this set (for those who do not already know about them.):

His Girl Friday (1940)-a hilarious comedy, one of Cary Grant's best, is an update of The Front Page with Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy who is attempting to leave Grant's newspaper to get married. Great comedic timing and perfomances turn this into an instant classic-and one of AFI's top 20 American comedies of all time. Directed by Howard Hawks, this is the best of the set (in my opinion).

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)-another funny one, also directed by Howard Hawks, with Jean Arthur as Cary's love interest, is an Andes Mountain adventure of planes and past loves and lots of comedic drama. It flows very smoothly and provides great entertainment from beginning to end. It has a great supporting cast-Thomas Mitchell, Richard Barthelmess, a young and beautiful Rita Hayworth-and thrilling suspense. A great movie.

Holiday (1938)-one of the four Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn movies, not their best (The Philadelphia Story and Bringing Up Baby are even better) but still wonderful. It is touching and funny, with tender and sweet moments, and more of a love story than the others in this set.
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48 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By Nix Pix
Format:DVD
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne are a husband and wife who divorce on a whim and then regret the decision. Neither are willing to admit this, of course. So when Dunne gets herself involved with resident screwball guy-on-the-side, Ralph Belamy, Grant does everything in his power to submarine the relationship. This is perhaps the finest, most tightly realized example of what the British call "comedic farce". We, in North America have come to affectionately know this style of film making as the "classic screwball" and in "The Awful Truth" the formula works so incredibly well, I suddenly found myself starved for more great comedies like this one.
Columbia has given us a print of the film that, although riddled with scratches, tears, duped quality master print segments and fading is, nevertheless, free of all the digital anomolies that were present on their "Talk of the Town" DVD transfer released just a few weeks before. Yes, this film is dated, and yes, there are portions of the picture in which fine detail is practically non-existant, and yes, Columbia should have done a much better job on this classic film than they have for this DVD release. But it just doesn't look quite so bad as their other recent efforts from their B&W catalogue library. And although this disc has a long way to go before it starts winning any awards, the print, if not pristine, is nevertheless represented by a generally good gray scale that does not diminish the comedic elements of the story. LET THE BUYER BEWARE: I don't think this is a great DVD or even an adequate one. It is, however, an outstanding movie!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Grant Combination
I awarded my 4 of 5 stars for three reasons: 1) Grant is a favorite in any film 2) This set exemplifies Grant's range 3) I seldom go to 5 of 5 on anything.
Published 10 days ago by Ronald L Nutt
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Great
Very entertaining, Irene Dunne ,akes the movie, Ralph Bellamy part simalar to his in My Girl Friday.Watch it and buy it
Published 26 days ago by John W. Schumbacker
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Connection
Found Irene Dunne and Cary Grant to have a perfectly humorous connection that comes off in this movie. Read more
Published 1 month ago by turtlereview
5.0 out of 5 stars Another CG classic
Grant and Dunne are great. This is a funny funny movie. You like the characters and hope they get back together even though you know they're going to. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Loves to Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great movie!
good movie with a lot of laughs to go with it! It's a feel good movie! I enjoy watching a lot of the old movies they always seem to have a good story.
Published 3 months ago by esther whiteny
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Actor in a Fun Movie
Carry Grant is at his best in this film. It is an old one, but the action, clothing, fun keep it moving and enjoyable. I found this DVD for a super price at Amazon!
Published 4 months ago by chickiebabe
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Cary Grant movie
I love Irene Dunn and Cary Grant together - they were a good team. If you want to see more movies with them then watch, Penny Serenade and My favorite wife, too.
Published 4 months ago by S.Pider
3.0 out of 5 stars Cary, Jean, and Philosophy!
We have loved this movie for years, but its power lies mostly in two elements: you've never seen Cary Grant in this role and the larger ideas about justice, law, and and the grey... Read more
Published 4 months ago by K. W. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Cary Grant and Jean Arthur...... need I say more?
It's a Cary Grant/Jean Arthur movie! My review cannot possibly do it justice. LOVE both Grant and Arthur who bring humor and chemistry to a dramatic film. Read more
Published 4 months ago by TXMomof5
5.0 out of 5 stars Cary Grant
Poduct arrived very quickly and was pacjaged great. The product met all my expectations. I would highlyrecommend to all. I have enjoyed watching.
Published 5 months ago by Lloyd R. Whittamore
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