Like most distinct film genres, the rom-com has many tropes from the meet-cute to the happily-ever-after.
It’s hard to resist the promise of a second chance.
After a case of mistaken identity, she ends up falling for Astaire’s Guy Holden.
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With a Cole Porter score, the film features a beautiful dance number to “Night and Day.”
Jimmy Stewart had just come off a star-making role inMr.
The American Film Institute lists the movie as one of the top 10 romantic comedies ever made.
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Trying to buy himself time, Steve feigns insanity, but Susan calls his bluff and has him committed.
Hackensacker III (Rudy Vallee) to finance his projects.
The film was another hit for writer-director Preston Sturges.
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Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is a middle-aged widow who leads a country club-set lifestyle.
Her friends and children expect her to date boring, perfectly respectable Harvey (Conrad Nagel).
Todd Haynes draws directly from Sirk’s themes and palette in bothFar From HeavenandCarol.
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