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Comedy of remarriage

The comedy of remarriage is a subgenre of American comedy films of the 1930s and 1940s. At the time, the Production Code, also known as the Hays Code, banned any explicit references to or attempts to justify adultery and illicit sex. The comedy of remarriage with the same spouse enabled filmmakers to evade this provision of the Code. The protagonists divorced, flirted, or even had relationships, with strangers without risking the wrath of censorship, and then got back together.

Notable comedies of remarriage
(Bold text denotes inclusion in Pursuits of Happiness) • It Happened One Night (1934), directed by Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable and Claudette ColbertTheodora Goes Wild (1936), directed by Richard Boleslawski, starring Irene Dunne and Melvyn DouglasThe Awful Truth (1937), directed by Leo McCarey, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne • Second Honeymoon (1937), directed by Walter Lang, starring Tyrone Power and Loretta YoungBringing Up Baby (1938), directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Katharine HepburnThe Philadelphia Story (1940), directed by George Cukor, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn • His Girl Friday (1940), directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind RussellMy Favorite Wife (1940), directed by Garson Kanin, starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne • Love Crazy (1941), directed by Jack Conway, starring Myrna Loy and William PowellThe Lady Eve (1941), directed by Preston Sturges, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry FondaMr. and Mrs. Smith (1941), directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Carole Lombard and Robert MontgomeryThat Uncertain Feeling (1941), directed by Ernst Lubitsch, starring Melvyn Douglas and Merle OberonBedtime Story (1941), directed by Alexander Hall, starring Fredric March and Loretta Young • The Palm Beach Story (1942), directed by Preston Sturges, starring Claudette Colbert and Joel McCreaWoman of the Year (1942), directed by George Stevens, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn • '''''Adam's Rib''''' (1949), directed by George Cukor, starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn • ''We're Not Married!'' (1952), directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Ginger Rogers, Fred Allen, Victor Moore, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas, Eddie Bracken, and Mitzi Gaynor. • Phffft! (1954), directed by Mark Robson, starring Judy Holliday and Jack LemmonMarriage on the Rocks (1965), directed by Jack Donohue, starring Frank Sinatra and Deborah Kerr == References ==
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