Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [concepts in the arts and humanities]
5. [genres in literature and performing arts]
6. [genres for motion pictures]

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts
4. concepts in the arts and humanities
5. genres in literature and performing arts
6. comedy

Anotations

Scope note:

American motion picture genre typically featuring a comic battle of the sexes in which the hero and heroine are caught up in a romantic pursuit or patching up a marriage, involving a rapid sequence of improbable events and a surrounding group of eccentric characters. The dialogue is generally fast-paced and witty, and romantic love triumphs in the end. The hayday of the screwball comedy was from the mid-1930s through the 1940s.