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Join us for weekly screenings of laughter with the Screwball Comedy Film Series.
Donald Beale, director of Online Distance Learning with LSU Online and Continuing Education, will meet weekly to discuss the themes and styles in these comedies.
July 8: My Man Godfrey (1936, m94)
In this classic screwball comedy film, directed by Gregory La Cava and starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, a madcap socialite heiress hires an erudite homeless man to be her butler, much to the dismay of her father. It turns out that the man isn't a penniless bum at all, he's a member of a wealthy Boston family. They eventually fall in love. This critically acclaimed film, considered the definitive screwball comedy, was nominated for six Oscars in the 9th Academy Awards including best lead actors. This film is not rated.
July 15: Bringing Up Baby (1938, m102)
Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, this film tells the story of a paleontologist in a number of predicaments involving a scatterbrained heiress and a leopard named Baby. With its rapid-fire dialogue, slapstick humor, and perfect comedic timing, this film has become a beloved classic of the genre. This film is not rated.
July 22: His Girl Friday (1940, m92)
Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, this film centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife, Hildy Johnson, who is newly engaged to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of murderer Earl Williams as Burns desperately tries to win back his wife. This film is rated TV-G.
July 29: The Lady Eve (1941, m94)
Written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, this classic screwball comedy is full of witty dialogue, mistaken identities, and sharp humor. An eligible, socially awkward heir to a brewery empire boards a cruise ship bound for New York. Soon, he becomes the target of the single ladies on the vessel and a trio of card sharks out to swindle the pushover out of his money, until one of them starts to fall for him romantically. This film is rated TV-PG.
Our Gonzales location was built in 1980 under the direction of Earline Decoteau, Director and serves as our Main Library location. It was expanded & renovated in 1996, 1998, and 2011, under the direction of Angelle Deshautelles, Director.
