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"Goes Wild" had a different connotation in 1936, seven decades before "Girls Gone Wild." In "Theodora Goes Wild," Irene Dunne portrays a meek, small-town woman who wrote a "racy" novel under a pseudonym.

Anne Crandall is a widowed smalltown mayor who lives with her father-in-law and high-strung teenage stepdaughter Diana .

David Inman: I saw a movie years ago and have wanted to watch it again on television.

We continue to live in a golden age of classic movies pouring out on DVD. Here's a survey of recent goodies, all packed with icons.

My Favorite Wife stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. This is a entertaining movie in every aspect from story line right down to the setting.

My Favorite Wife stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. This is a entertaining movie in every aspect from story line right down to the setting.

The Awful Truth stars Irene Dunne and Cary Grant , as a couple getting divorced.

My Favorite Wife stars Cary Grant and Irene Dunne. This is a entertaining movie in every aspect from story line right down to the setting.

Volume one of the new, two-volume set "Icons of Screwball Comedy," which brings eight vintage films to DVD.

Theodora Goes Wild 1936 // 93 Minutes // Not Rated The Doctor Takes A Wife 1942 // 88 Minutes // Not Rated A Night To Remember 1943 // 91 Minutes // Not Rated Together Again 1944 // 98 Minutes // Not Rated Released by Sony Reviewed by Appellate Judge James A. Stewart // August 5th, 2009 View Appellate Judge Stewart's Dossier E-mail Appellate Judge ...

The films are uneven, but the transfers are gorgeous in Sony's two volume "Icons of Screwball Comedy," which includes two films each from Columbia contract players Jean Arthur, Rosalind Russell, Irene Dunne and Loretta Young.

The details: Throughout the 1930s and into the 1940s, Columbia Pictures was engaged in a fairly consistent program of upgrading its product.

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The title of The Ugly Truth echoes that of The Awful Truth , the 1937 Cary Grant-Irene Dunne battle-of-the-sexes film that essentially invented the comic-romantic persona that Grant would wear with such panache for the duration of his career.

Published: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 12:37 a.m. Will Michael Bay, at long last, win an Oscar? At least a few Hollywood-watchers must be thinking that.

For the week of Sunday, May 31, through Saturday, June 6. Reviewed by Tony Lucia.

Hollywood has had a complicated, love-hate relationship with mothers throughout the years.

"I remember that every Saturday night Mama would sit down by the kitchen table and count out the money Papa had brought home in the little envelope." Thus begins the affectionate memoir "I Remember Mama" now playing at the Camelot Theatre Company in Talent.