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Screwball comedy facts for kids

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Screwball comedies are an American genre of comedy movies. This genre became popular during the Great Depression. It first became popular with It Happened One Night in 1934.

The elements of the screwball comedy can be traced back to plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado about Nothing.

Screwball comedy has farce or slapstick material.

Images for kids

  • BabyPoster2

    Bringing Up Baby (1938) is a screwball comedy from the genre's classic period.

  • Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night

    A screenshot from a trailer for It Happened One Night

  • The-Lady-Eve

    In The Lady Eve, Jean (center, played by Barbara Stanwyck) passes herself off as an upper-class woman.

  • His Girl Friday still 2

    A promotional photo for the 1940 screwball comedy His Girl Friday

  • Marilyn Monroe and Alexander D'Arcy in How to Marry a Millionaire trailer

    A screenshot from a trailer for How to Marry a Millionaire

  • One two three43

    One, Two, Three (1961)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Comedia screwball para niños

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