If so, you""ve come to the right party.You see, the body of a young man was found floating in the pool of her mansion - with two shots in his back and one in his stomach.There are also charges of fraud ("amateur journalism") from a rival newspaper (theDaily Chronicle).Connell puts out an all-points search to find Ann (described by Connell as """bout five-foot-five, brown eyes, light chestnut hair, and as fine a pair of legs as ever walked into this office") to help identify the man who wrote the letter." She promises to tell her mother to call back.Her father, Joseph Newton (Henry Travers) arrives home from work and gives his young daughter a tentative kiss...I don""t want you to hang around any more.I don""t want to see you again.Do you understand? You""re something." BackgroundThe Awful Truth(1937) is one of the classic, definitive screwball comedies of the thirties from Columbia Pictures, joining company with other classics including Gregory La Cava""sMy Man Godfrey (1936), George Cukor""sThe Philadelphia Story (1940), and Preston Sturges""The Lady Eve (1941).Hearing her screams, Richie ran back to the camp, where he stepped into a bear-trap and watched powerlessly in pain as Amanda died near him.