In 1934 four movies-- It Happened One Night, Twentieth Century, The Thin Man, and The Gay Divorcee --ushered in the golden age of the Hollywood Romantic ("screwball") comedy.
Here are the directors--Lubitsch ( Trouble in Paradise ), Capra ( It Happened One Night ), Hawks ( Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday ), McCarey (.
Slangy, playful, and "powerfully, glamorously in love with love," the films that followed were unique in their combination of swank and slapstick.
In 1934 four movies-- It Happened One Night, Twentieth Century, The Thin Man, and The Gay Divorcee --ushered in the golden age of the Hollywood Romantic ("screwball") comedy