Antedating of "Screwball Comedy"

[Fred Shapiro]

screwball comedy (OED 1938)

1937 _Wash. Post_ 22 Mar. 8_  "THAT MAN'S HERE AGAIN," (Warner Brothers).
Hugh Herbert turns in another screwball comedy of his own familiar type.

Fred Shapiro



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