The 1937 screwball comedy The Awful Truth explores how characters sabotaged their relationship, highlighting a tendency to destroy what is loved over the vulnerability of trust. Through the characters' antics, the film illustrates that intense jealousy and conflict can act as a destructive form of intimacy in the face of lost faith. Read a full review at 4 Star Films . From Silents to the Seventies: The Awful Truth (1937)