A witty newsroom battle of the sexes.

The Hudsucker Proxy is a pastiche of screwball comedies and the works of Frank Capra, referencing His Girl Friday, Meet John Doe, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and It’s a Wonderful Life. There are also similarities to Metropolis, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and The Sweet Smell of Success. 

Lord Farquaad is inspired by Prince Humperdinck.

Gene Kelly’s character, like Errol Flynn’s Robin Hood, is the blueprint followed by the leading men in The Princess Bride, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and Tangled. Gene Kelly’s character in DuBarry Was a Lady a similar character reminiscent of Robin Hood. 

Itself inspired by Bringing Up Baby. Similar ‘80’s movies include Who’s That Girl and After Hours. 

Plot inspired by a plot twist in Something Wild.

Intolerable Cruelty is inspired by the comedy of remarriage subgenre that The Awful Truth is the pinnacle of. 

Play loosely inspired by Pride & Prejudice, The Taming of the Shrew, and A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream.

Book loosely based off of Pride & Prejudice

I Married a Witch inspired the Bewitched TV show. Bell, Book and Candle is also very similar.