Four-Star Films : ‘The Awful Truth’
If “Bringing Up Baby” is the acme of screwball comedy, this 1937 classic is not far behind. Cary Grant and Irene Dunne (both pictured) play a breezy couple, cousins to Nick and Nora Charles; Ralph Bellamy portrays the dully amiable Southwestern schmo who comes between them. They all work together with a wit and timing, a casual understated gaiety that seems irrecoverable. Directed by Leo McCarey, master of the apparently improvised (TMC Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.).
Other four-star films airing this week:
Rear Window / TNT, Sunday, 1:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Sullivan’s Travels / Disney, Monday, 9 p.m.
Ordinary People / TNT, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Hannah and Her Sisters / Bravo, Wednesday, 8 p.m., and Thursday, 10:45 a.m.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, TBS, Saturday, 7:05 p.m.
Red River / TBS, Saturday, 7:05 p.m.
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