Screwball Women: Comediennes in Classical Hollywood

The contribution of directors such as Capra and Cukor to Hollywood comedy is undisputed, but their leading ladies deserve more attention. This BFI Southbank season features some of the most brilliant comediennes ever to light up the screen, including the ever sophisticated Claudette Colbert, smouldering Carole Lombard and the ‘glacial goddess’, Katharine Hepburn.