Returning guest Seth Zarate grabs his trumpet to blow down the Walls of Jericho!

It’s the movie that came up with the thing where a lady hitchhikes by showing a bit of her bare leg instead of pointing out her thumb! IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is also a funny early romantic comedy that, in lieu of a balance between “rom” and “com,” often leans into its uncomfortable scenarios without giving the audience a clear indication of how they’re supposed to feel about its antics.

Find Seth:

- On Twitter at https://twitter.com/snzarate

- On Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/snzarate

- On Trylove episodes about THE CONVERSATION (1974), TOKYO GODFATHERS (2003), BATMAN RETURNS (1992), Horrorthon V: Son of Horrorthon (2021), RUMBLE IN THE BRONX (1995), THE SACRIFICE (1986), THE FACULTY (1998), TIME BANDITS (1981), A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) Table Read, TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985), 12 MONKEYS (1995), and THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)

PROTOTYPES FOR THE ROM-COM (Dec 2022 at the Trylon): https://www.trylon.org/films/category/prototypes-for-the-rom-com/

As of this recording, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT is available to stream on The Criterion Channel and Tubi. If you don’t have those or don’t want to use them, click here: https://archive.org/details/it-happened-one-night-1934_202108

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” from IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 204: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) with Seth Zarate

5:22 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

10:37 - Blueprints for the “rom” and the “com”

20:13 - The third act

23:48 - The trope characters

37:38 - The Hays Code

50:47 - Shapeley, little freaks, and The Guys of this movie

53:27 - The Junk Drawer