Screwball (colloquial for eccentric, odd character; in baseball a ball thrown with reverse spin) refers to a form of romantic comedy in US filmmaking that had its heyday in the 1930s and 1940s and was shaped to a large degree by Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947). In the context of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the slapstick interludes, fast pace, humorous dialogue, and eccentric protagon…
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McCormick, Rick, “Screwball”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 03 December 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0789>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20221116
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