This article is about the 1937 film. For other uses, see The Awful Truth (disambiguation).
The Awful Truth
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Screenplay by
Viña Delmar
Based on
The Awful Truth 1922 play by Arthur Richman
Produced by
Leo McCarey
Starring
Irene Dunne
Cary Grant
Ralph Bellamy
Alexander D'Arcy
Cecil Cunningham
Robert Allen
Cinematography
Joseph Walker
Edited by
Al Clark
Production company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
October 21, 1937 (1937-10-21)
Running time
91 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$600,000 ($12.7 million in 2023 dollars)
Box office
Over $3 million ($64 million in 2023 dollars)
The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman, the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one another's romances.
This was McCarey's first film for Columbia Pictures, with the dialogue and comic elements largely improvised by the director and actors. Irene Dunne's costumes were designed by Robert Kalloch. Although Grant tried to leave the production due to McCarey's directorial style, The Awful Truth saw his emergence as an A-list star and proponent of on-the-set improvisation.
The film was a box office success and was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Dunne), and Best Supporting Actor (Ralph Bellamy), winning for Best Director (McCarey). The Awful Truth was selected in 1996 for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry, deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[1]
The Awful Truth was the first of three films co-starring Grant and Dunne, followed by My Favorite Wife (1940) and Penny Serenade (1941).
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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