Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Directed by

Richard Boleslawski

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small town is scandalized by a bold novel, not knowing the author is a proper local woman using a pen name. She goes to New York to deal with the fallout and meets the man who illustrated the book.

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What happens

Theodora Goes Wild is a 1936 American screwball comedy film that tells the story of the residents in a small town who are incensed by a risqué novel, unaware that the book was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family. It stars Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas and was directed by Richard Boleslawski. The film was written by Mary McCarthy and Sidney Buchman. Dunne was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress in a Leading Role and the movie was also nominated for the Best Film Editing. Before this film, Dunne had been cast in dramatic films. Theodora Goes Wild was her first comedy, and this extremely popular film proved to be the beginning of a new phase in her film career as a screen comedienne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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