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Screwball Comedy and On the Twentieth Century by Roundabout

With On the Twentieth Century in full swing at the American Airlines Theatre, we take a look at the genre and history of screwball comedy. Howard Hawks' 1934 film Twentieth Century featured American stage actor John Barrymore as Oscar Jaffee and a breakout comic performance by Carole Lombard as Lily Garland. Many historians identify this

SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:00pm on May 1, 2015

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