 She appeared in "Theodora Goes Wild" (1936) for Columbia, and despite her misgivings about doing comedy her performance had garnered her an Academy Award nomination as Best Actress.Dunne wanted to undertake a new project quickly after negative reaction to her performing in blackface in "Show Boat" (also 1936).Her agent, Charles K. Feldman, helped develop "The Awful Truth" for Dunne, and the film was rushed into production to accommodate her.