The Awful Truth

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A screwball comedy film with the title The Awful Truth. It consists of two reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with sound. The film tells the story of Lucy and Jerry Warriner (Irene Dunne and Cary Grant), a married couple who mutually decide to get a divorce due to erroneous suspicions of infidelity. Mrs. Warriner vacates the couple's home and takes Daniel Leeson (Ralph Bellamy), an Oklahoma oil baron, as a lover, while Mr. Warriner finds a paramour in Barbara Vance (Molly Lamont), a wealthy socialite. The couple eventually abandons their divorce plans the night before it is to be finalized.

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