The Awful Truth is an Irene Dunne and Cary Grant film about the role of disillusionment in Love. You can see ample information about it below. It is available for a small fee on the web.
The Awful Truth (1937)
Comedy, Romance | 90min | 21 October 1937 (USA)
7.7
Director: Leo McCareyWriter: Viña Delmar, Arthur RichmanStars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph BellamySummary: Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Barbara Vance, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. Smith, their pet fox terrier, and Lucy doing her most flamboyant Dixie Belle Lee impersonation as Jerry's brassy "sister" before his prospective bride's scandalized family.
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The Awful Truth
- -Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.