TCM Spotlight on Screwball Comedies in February 2023

Joel McCrea & Claudette Colbert in The Palm Beach Story

On Tuesdays in February TCM Spotlight is on screwball comedies. Over the course of the month, Turner Classic Movies will be showing 20 classic screwball comedies. Screwball comedies are technically romantic comedies, but much, much broader. Screwball comedies are characterized by a fast pace, witty banter, and situations bordering on farce, among other things.

During February Turner Classic Movies will be showing some of the greatest screwball comedies of all time. Among them are Bringing Up Baby (1938), My Man Godfrey (1936), The Awful Truth (1937), The Lady Eve (1941), The Palm Beach Story (1942), and yet others.

Below is a schedule of the screwball comedies airing on TCM Spotlight next month. All times are Central.

Tuesday, February 7:
7:00 PM Bringing Up Baby (1938)
9:00 PM His Girl Friday (1940)
10:48 PM The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Wednesday, February 8:
12:45 AM Holiday (1938)
2:30 AM My Favorite Wife (1940)

Tuesday, February 14:
7:00 PM My Man Godfrey (1936)
8:45 PM Hands Across the Table (1935)
10:30 PM The Awful Truth (1937)

Wednesday, February 15:
12:15 AM Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
2:00 AM Cain and Mabel (1936)

Tuesday, February 21:
7:00 PM The Lady Eve (1941)
9:00 PM Twentieth Century (1934)
10:45 PM Nothing Sacred (1937)

Wednesday, February 22:
12:00 AM Monkey Business (1952)
1:45 AM What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Tuesday, February 28:
7:00 PM The Palm Beach Story (1942)
8:45 PM The Major and the Minor (1942)
10:45 PM Ball of Fire (1942)

Wednesday, March 1:
12:45 AM The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
2:00 AM Libeled Lady (1936)