History Film / TheAwfulTruth

--> '''Aunt Patsy:''' [hands Dan the letter Lucy intended to use to break up with him] [[DeadpanSnarker Here's your diploma.]]

* DrivingADesk: Some unconvincing shots of the Warriners being driven down a country road and then getting lifts from two cops on motorcycles.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: Jerry and Barbara's love life conveniently making the newspapers, giving more fuel to Lucy's jelousy.

* SexyDiscretionShot: The film's final fade-out.

** Happens again in the car. Jerry: "What else can happen to us?" -- cue Police sirens.

->'''Dan:''' Are you sure you don't like that fella?
->'''Lucy:''' ''Like'' him? You saw the way I treated him, didn't you?
->'''Dan:''' That's what I mean. Back on my ranch, I got a little red rooster and a little brown hen and they fight all the time too, but every once in a while they make up again and they're right friendly.

Released in 1937, this RomanticComedy is the third film version of Arthur Richman's 1923 play of the same name. It was directed by Creator/LeoMcCarey and stars Creator/IreneDunne and Creator/CaryGrant as Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a bickering married couple. The supporting cast includes Creator/RalphBellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Cecil Cunningham, Molly Lamont, and Esther Dale.

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Released in 1937, this is the third film version of a play by Arthur Richman. It was directed by Creator/LeoMcCarey and stars Creator/IreneDunne and Creator/CaryGrant as Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a bickering married couple.

** Ralph Bellamy had a nice career in the '30s and '40s playing handsome, polite men who never got the girl. This time, he's Dan Leeson, an Oklahoma oil baron who grows fond of Lucy.

* SexyDiscretionShot / GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The film's final fade-out.

* YourCheatingHeart: Probably. Given the way [[UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode censorship]] worked in TheThirties, they can't come out and say Jerry cheated on Lucy. It's heavily implied, though, when Jerry lies about being in Florida and no explanation is given as to where he really is.[[labelnote:Note]]The story from which the film was made had Jerry gambling with his pals.[[/labelnote]] Similarly, Lucy insists that she didn't sleep with the music teacher, but said teacher's comments kind of sound like they did, and the scene where they discuss it is vague.

* ComedyOfRemarriage: Except that the couple is only ''almost'' divorced.

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Nominated for six [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]], only one of which it won (Best Director for Leo [=McCarey=]). Placed in the UsefulNotes/NationalFilmRegistry.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Ralph Bellamy's country accent comes and goes.

* DisposableFiance / RomanticFalseLead: Two of them.

* SucksAtDancing: Dan. Not for lack of enthusiasm mind you...

* TickleTorture: Jerry to Lucy from behind a door, as Lucy's both trying to hide him and trying to keep a straight face as Dan recites a cornball love poem.

* MarilynManeuver: The basis of a nightclub act (much to Jerry's embarrassment, as he was on a date with the nightclub singer in question).

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->'''Lucy:''' Like him? You saw the way I treated him, didn't you?

Released in 1937, this is the third film version of a play by Arthur Richman. It was directed by Creator/LeoMcCarey and stars Creator/IreneDunne and Creator/CaryGrant as Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a bickering married couple. Jerry comes home from a mysterious trip (the film never says where he actually went), and lies, saying that he went to Florida on business. At home, he finds Lucy in the company of her music teacher under suspicious circumstances. After Lucy finds out Jerry lied about going to Florida, they file for divorce.

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->''''''Dan' Leeson:''''' ''Are you sure you don't like that fella?''
->'''''Lucy Warriner:''''' ''Like him? You saw the way I treated him, didn't you?''
->''''''Dan' Leeson:''''' ''That's what I mean. Back on my ranch, I got a little red rooster and a little brown hen and they fight all the time too, but every once in a while they make up again and they're right friendly.''

Released in 1937, this is the third film version of a play by Arthur Richman. It was directed by Creator/LeoMcCarey and stars Creator/IreneDunne and Creator/CaryGrant as Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a bickering married couple. Jerry comes home from a mysterious trip (the film never does say where he actually went) and lies that he went to Florida on business. He finds Lucy in the company of her music teacher under suspicious circumstances. After Lucy finds out Jerry lied about going to Florida they file for divorce.

Released in 1937, this is the third film version of a play by Arthur Richman. It was directed by Creator/LeoMcCarey and stars Creator/IreneDunne and Creator/CaryGrant as Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a divorcing couple who go to great lengths to interfere in each others' love lives.

Released in 1937, this is the third film version of a play by Arthur Richman. It stars Irene Dunne and Creator/CaryGrant as Lucy and Jerry Warriner, a divorcing couple who go to great lengths to interfere in each others' love lives. Nominated for six [[AcademyAward Oscars]], only one of which it won (Best Director for Leo [=McCarey=]). Placed in the NationalFilmRegistry.

* LyingFingerCross: Jerry does this at some point while talking about Lucy's fidelity.