‘The Awful Truth’: You Can’t Divorce Trust From Marriage

Director Leo McCarey guides Cary Grant and Irene Dunn through a marriage romp.

Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant), and Lucy Warriner (Irene Dunne) work their marriage out together, in “The Awful Truth.” Columbia Pictures/MovieStillsDB

NR | 1h 30m | Drama, Comedy | 1937

Director Leo McCarey’s screwball comedy begins with a character’s tongue-in-cheek diagnosis of why some marriages end in divorce: “People are always imagining things. The road to Reno is paved with suspicions. First thing you know, they all end up in a divorce court.”