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Screwball comedies, such as produced by Frank Capra, exhibited a pleasing, idealized climate that portrayed reassuring social values and a certain optimism about everyday life.

Movies still included slapstick humour and other physical comedy, but these were now frequently supplemental to the verbal interaction.

Another common comic production from the 1930s was the short subject.

Hal Roach Studio specialized in this form.

While Columbia was prolific, producing 190 Three Stooges releases, alone.

These non-feature productions only went into decline in the 1950s when they were migrated to the television.