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It Happened One Night

Posted on November 25, 2022December 29, 2022 by Village Vidiot

“It Happened One Night,” November 25, 2022 (1934), DVD.  Renowned for it’s 5 top Oscars, this Frank Capra rom-com road movie was loosely based on a short story in Cosmopolitan about reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable) and a runaway spoiled heiress Ellen “Ellie” Andrews’(Claudette Colbert) adventures and misadventures as they bus/hitchhike/and purloin a car to get from Florida to her nogoodnik husband in NYC.  The tale of making this is as interesting as the film itself; Colbert and Capra were not ‘best buds.’  Thank goodness it was pre-Code (by a couple of months).  That might have dampened the crackling chemistry and crabbiness between the two leads. That chemistry, along with great timing by all involved, makes this a pleasure to watch 90 years later.  If you see it on DVD, check out the attached short featuring Frank Capra, Jr., that reflects on the film in shaping Capra’s view of directing.

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