Screwball Sundays: NOTHING SACRED (1937)

Get ready for more laughs and lunacy as Screwball Sundays are back with another season of fast-talking antics, outrageous plot twists, and unforgettable characters from the golden age of Hollywood! This year’s lineup brings you classic screwball comedies that continue to delight and surprise, proving that comedy truly never goes out of style.

Each film screens on the BIG SCREEN in our Historic Camelot Theatre and includes live introductions and Film Q + A sessions with the Film Society of Screwball Comedy, plus special guest appearances from renowned authors and film scholars, including Molly Haskell, Scott Eyman, Steven C. Smith, Mark Vieira, David Kalat, and Dr. Olympia Kiriakou.

MAY 18 | 3 PM | NOTHING SACRED (1937)

Directed by William A. Wellman and written by Ben Hecht, Nothing Sacred is a biting satire on media sensationalism. Carole Lombard plays a small-town woman who fakes a terminal illness to gain fame, with Fredric March as the hapless reporter who falls for her ruse. This screwball classic is both hilarious and sharply critical of celebrity culture, making it as relevant today as it was in 1937.

Guest Speaker | Dr. Olympia Kiriakou

Olympia Kiriakou is the author of Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy and Legacy (2020). She teaches film history and theory at Florida Atlantic University, hosts the podcast The Screwball Story, and created the website TheScrewballGirl.com. Dr. Kiriakou earned her PhD in Film Studies from King’s College London. She also holds an MA in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto, and a BA, Honors in Multimedia Studies from FAU.

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