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6:30 p.m. $5 per Person 1550 S. State St Chicago, IL 60616 312.674.0001 “THE VENUE 1550” Screwball comedy and the feminine mystique film series Our host, Steve Reginald, will introduce each film in the series, giving background information before each screening, with discussion afterward. Reginald is a freelance writer/editor and popular instructor at Facets Film School in Chicago. He was also the original host of Meet Me at the Movies. The screwball comedy took shape in the early 1930s after the Production Code was introduced. The new censorship that Hollywood imposed on itself created a new type of comedy filled with sharp, rapid-fire dialogue delivered by “fast- talking dames” as described by film historian Marie DiBattista. Audiences were delighted by these smart wise- cracking women portrayed on screen by icons of the genre like Irene Dunne, Barbara Stanwyck and Carole Lombard. September 10, 2013 It Happened One Night October 8, 2013 My Man Godfrey November 19, 2013 Theodora Goes Wild December 7, 2013 Christmas in Connecticut January 17. 2013 The Awful Truth February 11. 2013 Bringing Up Baby March 11, 2013 The Lady Eve

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6:30 p.m. $5 per Person

1550 S. State StChicago, IL 60616312.674.0001

1550 S. State StChicago, IL 60616312.674.0001“THE VENUE 1550”

Screwball comedy and the feminine mystique film series

Our host, Steve Reginald, will introduce each film in the series, giving background information before each screening, with discussion afterward. Reginald is a freelance writer/editor and popular instructor at Facets Film School in Chicago. He was also the original host of Meet Me at the Movies.

The screwball comedy took shape in the early 1930s after the Production Code was introduced. The new censorship that Hollywood imposed on itself created a new type of comedy filled with sharp, rapid-fire dialogue delivered by “fast-talking dames” as described by film historian Marie DiBattista. Audiences were delighted by these smart wise-cracking women portrayed on screen by icons of the genre like Irene Dunne, Barbara Stanwyck and Carole Lombard.

September 10, 2013 It Happened One NightOctober 8, 2013 My Man GodfreyNovember 19, 2013 Theodora Goes WildDecember 7, 2013 Christmas in ConnecticutJanuary 17. 2013 The Awful TruthFebruary 11. 2013 Bringing Up BabyMarch 11, 2013 The Lady Eve