The Hollywood Romantic Comedy

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From the book by Leger Grindon (2011). The filmography is arranged by a chronological progression of themes:

Transition to Sound (1930-1933)
Screwball (1934-1942)
World war II and the Homefront (1942-1946)
Post-War: Melancholy and Reconciliation (1947-1953)
The Comedies of Seduction: The Playboy, the Gold Digger, and the Virgin (1953-1966)
The transition through the counter-culture (1967-1976)
Nervous Romance (1977-1987)
Reaffirmation of Romance (1986-1996)
Grotesque and Ambivalent (1997-present)

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  1. 43 new

    She Wouldn't Say Yes

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lady in the Dark

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
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    Blume in Love

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    No Time for Love

    1943, in 0 top lists Check
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    Private Lives

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
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    Laughter

    1930, in 1 top list Check
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    Semi-Tough

    1977, in 1 top list Check
  8. 105 new

    Starting Over

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sunday in New York

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Thrill of It All

    1963, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Marrying Kind

    1952, in 1 top list Check
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    The Owl and the Pussycat

    1970, in 1 top list Check
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    Once Upon a Honeymoon

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
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    Theodora Goes Wild

    1936, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Tender Trap

    1955, in 1 top list Check
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    The Moon Is Blue

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
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    Sex and the Single Girl

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    A Touch of Class

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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    Man's Favorite Sport?

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Designing Woman

    1957, in 0 top lists Check
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    Pat and Mike

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
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    Platinum Blonde

    1931, in 1 top list Check
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    I'm No Angel

    1933, in 2 top lists Check
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    Move Over, Darling

    1963, in 1 top list Check
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    Cluny Brown

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
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    An Unmarried Woman

    1978, in 2 top lists Check
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    An Ideal Husband

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Taming of the Shrew

    1967, in 0 top lists Check
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    Easy Living

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
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    Lover Come Back

    1961, in 2 top lists Check
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    Indiscreet

    1958, in 1 top list Check
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    The Love Parade

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
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    Christmas in Connecticut

    1945, in 0 top lists Check
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    That Touch of Mink

    1962, in 1 top list Check
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    Kiss Me, Stupid

    1964, in 1 top list Check
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    Modern Romance

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Talk of the Town

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
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    My Favorite Wife

    1940, in 1 top list Check
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    I Was a Male War Bride

    1949 — a.k.a. You Can't Sleep Here, in 3 top lists Check
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    The More the Merrier

    1943, in 4 top lists Check
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    Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

    1969, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Major and the Minor

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
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    A Foreign Affair

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
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    A New Leaf

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
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    Nothing Sacred

    1937, in 4 top lists Check
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    Midnight

    1939, in 7 top lists Check
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    Kissing Jessica Stein

    2001, in 1 top list Check
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    Libeled Lady

    1936, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Ladies Man

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
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    Twentieth Century

    1934, in 6 top lists Check
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