Name: Screwball Sundays: NOTHING SACRED (1937)
Start: 2025-05-18T15:00:00-07:00
Location: Palm Springs Cultural Center

Screwball Sundays: NOTHING SACRED (1937)

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Join us for a rare screening of the screwball comedy classic NOTHING SACRED with live commentary by film historian Dr. Olympia Kiriakou.

SCREWBALL SUNDAYS

Coming 2026! Get ready for more laughs and lunacy  with another season of fast-talking antics, outrageous plot twists, and unforgettable characters on the BIG SCREEN.

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 rare screenings of 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 at the Palm Springs Cultural Center and includes live introductions and Film Q + A sessions with the Film Society of Screwball Comedy, plus special guest appearances from renowned authors, film scholars, film historians, and dvd commentators 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 KiriakouFilm historian Dr. 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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