List #42: In Praise of the American Screwball Comedy, Part 3

7 Actors of Note

[see also Part 1: 5 Tropes of Note and Part 2: 6 Directors of Note]


1. Jean Arthur

Such as: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Easy Living (1937), You Can't Take It With You (1938) [Rec. #327], The More the Merrier (1943) [Rec. #339]

Easy Living

2. Claudette Colbert

Such as: It Happened One Night (1934), Midnight (1939) [Rec. #194], It's a Wonderful World (1939), The Palm Beach Story (1942) [Rec. #17]

The Palm Beach Story

3. Cary Grant

Such as: Topper (1937), The Awful Truth (1937) [Rec. #219], Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938) [Rec. #288], His Girl Friday (1940) [QfFC #34], My Favorite Wife (1940), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

Arsenic and Old Lace

4. Katharine Hepburn

Such as: Bringing Up Baby (1938), Holiday (1938) [Rec. #288], The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Holiday

5. Carole Lombard

Such as: Twentieth Century (1932), Hands Across the Table (1935), My Man Godfrey (1936) [QfFC #26], Nothing Sacred (1937), Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), To Be or Not to Be (1942)

My Man Godfrey

6. William Powell

Such as: My Man Godfrey (1936) [QfFC #26], Libeled Lady (19360 [Rec. #229], I Love You Again (1940), Love Crazy (1941)

Love Crazy

7. Jimmy Stewart

Such as: You Can't Take It With You (1938) [Rec. #327], Vivacious Lady (1938), It's a Wonderful World (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940)

It's a Wonderful World