the awful truth just come out on dvd and what a treat . i would never see it before . it sort of a first draft of my favorite wife ( remake a move over darling ) and have all the patent screwball romantic comedy french farce element of the palm beach story but in a less sophisticated form . even though the awful truth may have establish a formula for all subsequent screwball comedy and let face it and it still rude and crude around the edge . but it probably be the there something about mary of it time and leo mccarey apparently get an oscar for best director . it gag and dialogue be at time so unexpected a to be term experimental . the movie be really all about the sexual tension between cary grant and irene dunne and married partner who wilfully dissolve their marriage over the husband possible infidelity ( barely allude to ) and his lack of confidence in his wife virtue ( a. k. a. jealousy ) . but this be 1937 and sexuality have to be express in devious and contrive way and include the occasional gratuitous slapstick . the swiss clock end be worth the price of admission in this respect . a be cary grant date obscene nightclub performance and his martial art irruption into a society afternoon recital where his wife ( dunne ) be sing an italian aria that none of grant pratfall can interrupt and except for one and memorable and epoch making and anthology ready second and a half towards the end that no other ( sing ) actress could have pull off . what one have to remember and i guess and be that none of this nonsense have ever be attempt and see or do on a screen before and it must have seem terribly dare and innovative and thanks to the complicity and high spirit of a perfect cast and include gee shuck cowboy ralph bellamy and irrepressible faux french charmer alexander darcy and worldly aunt patsy ( cecil cunningham ) . irene dunne and a usual and be a total original and and and by the way and katharine hepburn copy her comedy style and not the other way around ( check your date and guy ) .