The Awful Truth scene

[IndianaParkWars]

I just saw this, twice in a row!!! I love it so much!!! "Oh, we like to call him Jerry the Nipper." Lol awesome line.. also the ending was brilliant

[joni46231]

She had MOVES!

[grabit1]

It's beyond analysis. This is simply one of the funniest scenes from one of the greatest screwball comedies ever made. Anybody who doesn't get it deserves to die in a Gulag.

[grabit1]

This entire film is a giant "wink," and I mean that as a huge compliment. The last scene is the quintessence of screwball comedy, not to mention an ulcer for the censors. So what? It's a masterpiece.

[Central85]

does anyone have the scence where the girl is singing the song and her dress flies up

[JudyGarland38]

One of my favorite scenes in the film!!!! Thank you!!!!

[fuschiadea]

Oh, that awkward lady looks like the sweetest, nicest most interesting person in the room!

[grabit1]

@fuschiadea

She was.

[ParkeBernet]

I'd like to take those two to some snobby society parties in Dallas. The looks on the guests' faces are truly unforgetable. I bet they had to rehearse this many times. How could they not burst out laughing?

[SoCalGal52]

Irene Dunne is so darn cute. What a great scene and what a great talent.

[gwtwcarlos]

HAHAHAHA !!...I have never seen this movie....OH ! to have a "sister" like that!!....I really hope I can find the complete movie!!....HAHAHAHA...Dunne is just amazing!!....The part of the handkerchief at the sofa with that lady!!....i can,t stop laughing!!....wonderful scene!!...carlos

[NnNThin]

Jerry the nipper. Lol! Thanks for uploading this! It's a favorite of mine and my husband's. 

[tallpaul521]

Not sure, but in 1937, was the term or lyric "Gone With The Wind" a common phrase..before the 1931 film "Gone With The Wind"?

[OurGangFan]

@tallpaul521 Gone With The Wind didn't come out until 1939

[tallpaul521]

@OurGangFan Yes, a typo -- I meant 1939. However, GWTW the novel was published in 1936.

[gelukkig77]

I'll tell her! Love the look on Irene's face when she says that. Also like, "I never would've known you from his description!" Perfect scene from a perfect movie.

[tallpaul521]

My favorite line is during Irene's song..."I never could do that". Priceless.

[Loubrockdorff]

How can you not love cary???

i mean... LOOK AT HIM!

[SoCalGal52]

@Loubrockdorff I love Cary. What a great actor. And the looks he would get on his face. He was a great straight man. He was good with so many top actresses, but he and Irene Dunne had a real chemistry going with each other.

[herbrampe]

Just saw this movie on TCM last night. Great acying. Irene could do it all.

[appletree37]

I married Joan

[tallpaul521]

Caught this again today on TCM -- great film. Wonderful chemistry between Grant and Dunne. This is the second film where Grant is referred to as "Jerry The Nipper"..the other one is "Bringing Up Baby"..which featured Skippy the wire haired terrier who played "George" in that film and "Mr. Smith" in this film. Of course he's best known as "Asta" from the classic "Thin Man" films.

[tnvvb]

Love this movie!

[elliottmajor]

anyone wanna give me help on my film studies essay?

the question is "compare and contrast how 'The Awful Truth' and 'It Happened One Night' create the romantic couple"

any help would be hugely appreciated! I need to analyse this scene in terms of that question :)

[Countrygirltori24]

@elliottmajor I'll help you as much as I can. Both of the movies you mention can be catogorized as a Screwball Comedy. I'll message you for the rest of my analysis.

[lovewhatudo]

this movie was hilarious! I bought it a while ago and just watched it last night. My husband and I were cracking up!...These movies are what before my time, I am 33 but I love black and white movies..I think these actors and actresses from that time were so graceful and so talented. They really could act and it wasn't all about nudity and cursing etc, that you see today. They just made a movie that had a moral to it and it meant something. I love it.

[syngar99]

the great age of cinema, my ass.

[maddddyalice]

...'Goodnight All'

[petie71]

"The number has some wind effects in it, but you'll just have to use your own imagination about them.' Lol. I would love to be in a situation where I can use that line genuinely.

[petie71]

'Gee, I guess that can go on, and on, and on, and on' Lol. x

[affectivity]

"I never COULD do that!" Cary Grant's face is priceless!

[thecrackfox666]

this is so funnnnny

[LiveAndLetLivia]

One of the best scenes in a comedy ever. Thank you for posting!!!!

[Rena1934]

"I'LL TELL HER" hahahaha aaaa I love you Dunnie!!!!!!!!!!!! You're the best!

[daisynation]

Agree with everything commented, something about Irene Dunne here reminds me of Little Edie of Grey Gardens. Anyone?

[thefantastikmrbone]

"Nobody move! I've lost my Purse".

Best. Line. Ever.

[USMBfrij]

@thefantastikmrbone I dunno, the line from blazing saddles "Nobody move or the N***** gets it!" is right up there.

[pildskadden]

@thefantastikmrbone Yes, a great line - I often use it for fun when I leave a room but not many people get the joke or the quote, of course :0)

[vintagefan92]

Brilliant!

[dezinator]

This is my all-time favorite scene of one of my all-time favorite movies!!!! :)

[KateIsMySlaveName]

6:12 to 6:13, probably my favorite few seconds of a movie ever. haha I love Irene Dunne.

[buriedalivemusic]

Delicious, supremely funny moment in a great comedy classic. Viva Irene Dunne!!

[ghostqueen1951]

Hahaha, very funny scene! Finally I got the DVD of this movie a few month ago!

[Theclassyginger]

I love The Awful Truth! This part of the movie is really funny!

[bubblewrap1988]

I love this scene so much! Too funny