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Rec'd on 📽️ ROMCOM RECS WITH GOOD WRITING

honestly.. I had a crazy 1930s/40s romcom phase and there’s a good reason.. they were better… my top pics are below but if you haven’t seen bringing up baby oh my god get ready
-it happened one night (1934) -the thin man (1934) (not exactly a rom com but yes it is) -my man Godfrey (1936) -bringing up baby (1938) -the shop around the corner (1940) -his girl Friday (1940) -the lady eve (1941) -cluny brown (1946)

@cl0e

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@Mister

Beautiful list. The rom-com's golden era. Lubitsch, Howard Hawks and George MF'ing Cukor... Cukor: Your list+, Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950). Hawks: Everything you mentioned + Twentieth Century (1934). Lubitsch: Thin Man (all of 'em) and Libeled Lady are are so good. Myrna Loy is fantastic. See also: That Uncertain Feeling. Lubitsch is general is a favorite. The Merry Widow...Trouble In Paradise... Have you seen Divorce Of Lady X with Merle Oberon & Laurence Olivier (1938)?

18h ago

@leipop

HALF OF THESE ARE LEGITIMATELY SOME OF MY FAVSSS i'm also going thru a 30s/40s romcom phase!! the ones on this list that i haven't seen, i will be looking into, thank you! ♡

1d ago

@leipop

@LEIPOP so the ones i haven't seen are the shop around the corner, his girl friday, and cluny brown, the others i rewatch religiously and think about constantly

1d ago

@cl0e

@LEIPOP oh boy cluny brown is really gonna do it for you

1d ago

@cl0e

@LEIPOP Christmas in Connecticut is also a Barbara classic but perhaps wait a few months.. otherwise ninotchka, libeled lady, blithe spirit (really unique for the era) and trouble in paradise are deeper cuts that still go pretty hard

1d ago

@leipop

@LEIPOP @CL0E the one i picked to watch first out of the list is cluny brown i literally have it queued up on YouTube right now 😭 and thank you for the other recs as well!! adding them to my list rn

1d ago

@Mister

@CL0E Re: Little Shop Around The Corner (very great) If it's too Christmas-y for July, you can always watch In The Good Old Summertime (1949) It's a musical/remake of Little Shop..., and swaps Chicago for Budapest...with Judy Garland, Van Johnson, Buster Keaton(!), & Liza Minelli's first on-screen appearence as a baby (!). Re: Stanwyck. Ever seen Baby Face (1933) it's realllly something. Not really a comedy though.

18h ago

@leipop

@LEIPOP @MISTER i will be adding those to my list as well, thank you!

18h ago

@taterhole

I love the thin man 🥰

1d ago

@cl0e

@TATERHOLE that is my ideal relationship dynamic I am not kidding even a little

1d ago

@taterhole

@TATERHOLE no literally same

1d ago

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