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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.
Jun 25, 2022 · 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...
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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Mar 11, 2022 · 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...
Directed by Richard Boleslawski. 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.
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.
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.
