OUR TIMELESS ROMANCE WITH SCREWBALL COMEDY

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.

EINSTEIN, LUBITSCH WENT FROM GERMANY TO PALM SPRINGS PARADISE

Tracy Conrad is the author of several books including Ojo Del Desierto: The Thomas O’Donnell House Palm Springs (2022), and Einstein Dreamt Here: The Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn (2015). She is President of the Palm Springs Historical Society and writes the wildly popular weekly column “Thanks for the Memories” in the Desert Sun. Dr. Conrad is a former emergency room physician and proprietor of the iconic Willows Historic Palm Springs Inn.

ALL HAIL THE SCREWBALL QUEEN

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.

Is it a Screwball Comedy or Romantic Comedy?

Aliece Pickett, founder of the Film Society of Screwball Comedy (FSOSC.org) evaluates what makes a Screwball Comedy,