The Awful Truth was selected in 1996 for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. ![]() It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor. ![]() Although Grant tried to leave the production due to McCarey's directorial style, The Awful Truth saw his emergence as an A-list star and proponent of on-the-set improvisation. Her costumes were designed by Robert Kalloch. It was Dunne's second comedy following Theodora Goes Wild (1936), for which she was also nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. This was McCarey's first film for Columbia Pictures with the dialogue and comic elements being largely improvised by the director and actors. Based on the 1923 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman, the film recounts how a distrustful rich couple begins divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one another's romances. The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.
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