"Frank Capra broke the comedy mold when he added romance to the mix, creating a special brand of good-natured Depression escapism called screwball comedy, wherein an ill-matched man and woman go kicking and screaming into each other's arms 鈥� in overdrive," Kinn and Piazza write of the 1934 film directed by Frank Capra.
According to the , "Night" star Claudette Colbert, who portrays an heiress in the film, said she never took acting lessons and noted her lack of experience when she got her first role, a small part in the Broadway play "The Wild Westcotts." "I just went right onstage, and I learned by watching," she told the NYT. "I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't."
