1934: It Happened One Night Defining The Screwball Comedy

Thanks for watching One Hundred Years Of Cinema, You can support me on Patreon here: or follow me on twitter here: What is the screwball comedy, what are its tropes and what ideas does it explore, why was it born, and why did it fade away. An offshoot of the comedy film, and lying somewhere between a romcom, a farce, and a satire, is the screwball comedy. The genres classical period is loosely agreed to have spanned from 1934 star