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Forget Paris

Forget Paris

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Jan 22, 2022
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As long as humans have been telling stories, it seems there has been some kind of romantic comedy, though it has always been overshadowed by more "serious" fare. For every Merry Wives of Windsor, there are five Henrys. In film, the modern romcom really took off with 1934's It Happened One Night, the first movie to sweep the Oscars by winning Best Pictur…

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