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Theodora Goes Wild is a 1936 American screwball comedy film that tells the story of the residents in a small town who are incensed by a risqué novel, unaware that the book was written under a pseudonym by a member of the town's leading family.
Theodora Goes Wild: Directed by Richard Boleslawski. With Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Thurston Hall. The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.
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Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is one of the lesser-known screwball comedies, a fresh, funny and original one that has been unjustly overlooked. It was also pivotal to the careers of its stars, Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas, and to the screwball genre itself.
Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne) is secretly the author of a salacious novel written under a pen name. She must hide her identity from the residents of her small,...
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Jun 25, 2022 · Theodora Goes Wild 1936 Irene Dunne & Melvyn Douglas. The author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who'd be scandalized if they knew.
Theodora Goes Wild (1936) Theodora Goes Wild marked a turning point in Irene Dunne’s career as her first foray into screwball comedy, in which the actress played a clandestine author of risqué novels unbeknownst to her puritanical aunts and conservative community.
A handsome but nosy illustrator (Douglas) gets more than he bargained for when he threatens to reveal to the strait-laced ladies of Lynnfield, Connecticut that their own Theodora Lynn (Dunne) is also, under a pen name, the author of a racy romance novel.
Classic Films in Focus: THEODORA GOES WILD (1936) By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 25, 2023 From Virtual Virago. The truly delightful Theodora Goes Wild (1936) is an underappreciated gem of the screwball genre, one that ought to be much better known today among fans of classic romantic comedy.
Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
