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Marshall District Library's "Midday Matinee" will be held on Thursday, January 7, at noon.

Old, feel-good movies are often played this time of year; let's see how they relate to modern America.

Ronald Coleman and Jean Arthur in "The Talk of the Town" . Journal archives Americans excel at putting things behind them, especially holidays.

Review by Thumper: Thumps from 1 to 5: Thump of 4.5 This film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is directed by Frank Capra and written by Sidney Buchman based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished novel.

Grandpa, as played by Bob Strohmayer, gets good news as Bill Jones and Marianne Hill look on.

Four Screwball comedies starring Jean Arthur and Rosalind Russell. If You Could Only Cook stars Jean Arthur as an unemployed girl during the depression who meets a millionaire, James Buchanan .

Ever seen the Jimmy Stewart classic "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"? At some point, everyone probably gets one of those moments where there's an intersection between right and wrong, David vs.

A G.I. and a girl who have known each other three days marry in San Francisco on the eve of the new husband's deployment to serve in WWII.

Some dialogue from "Too Many Husbands" , as Melvyn Douglas and Fred MacMurray get on each others' nerves: Melvyn Douglas: All right, spell "Pithecanthropus erectus." Fred MacMurray: Why? Melvyn Douglas: Because I say you can't. Jean Arthur: Is that right? Melvyn Douglas: Yes.

For the week of Sunday, Aug. 30, through Saturday, Sept. 5. Reviewed by Tony Lucia.

Reviews DVD Video Reviews Icons of Screwball Comedy, Volume One Icons of Screwball Comedy, Volume One Sony Pictures // Unrated // August 4, 2009 List Price: $24.96 [Buy now and save at Amazon ] Sony continues its most welcome line of "Iconic" classic catalog titles with Icons of Screwball Comedy - Volume One a very enjoyable set of relatively ...

Screwball comedy is a term that loosely applies to romantic comedies from Hollywood's golden era.

If You Could Only Cook 1935 // 71 Minutes // Not Rated Too Many Husbands 1940 // 81 Minutes // Not Rated My Sister Eileen 1942 // 96 Minutes // Not Rated She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945 // 86 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 ...

This week we start with some comedy legends: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment continues to recognize and release some of the nuggets tucked away in its Columbia Pictures library.

EW Home // DVD // Reviews // Icons of Screwball Comedy, Vols 1 & 2 WISE CRACKS Fred MacMurray, Jean Arthur, and Melvyn Douglas in Too Many Husbands Everett Collection By Chris Nashawaty Chris Nashawaty Chris Nashawaty is a senior writer for EW, and author of EW.com's DVD Insomniac column In the 1930s and '40s, stars like Cary Grant and Katharine ...

If You Could Only Cook 1935 // 71 Minutes // Not Rated Too Many Husbands 1940 // 81 Minutes // Not Rated My Sister Eileen 1942 // 96 Minutes // Not Rated She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945 // 86 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 ...

IT'S even more slippery to define as a genre than film noir, but that hasn't stopped Sony from dipping into its Columbia Pictures vaults for a pair of sets titled "Icons of Screwball Comedy," out today on DVD.

FOR much of the studio era, Columbia Pictures was essentially a Poverty Row operation.

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.

James Stewart and Jean Arthur cast a vote for American ideals in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." MORE INFO On TV TCM: Turner Classic Movies is featuring several of these films Saturday, July 4. What's on: "The Howards of Virginia," 10 a.m.; "Mr. Smith Goes to Washing ton," 3:30 p.m.; "Yankee Doodle Dandy," 5:45 p.m.; "1776, " 10:15 p.m. Hopefully ...