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It Happened One Night (1934)
Marty and Cindy talk about one of the rest trend setting rom-coms of the 30’s, It Happened One Night.
FILM OVERVIEW
· Title: It Happened One Night
· Release Year: 1934
· Director: Frank Capra
· Screenplay: Robert Riskin
· Source Material: “Night Bus” (Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1933)
· Studio: Columbia Pictures
· Starring: Clark Gable (Peter Warne), Claudette Colbert (Ellie Andrews), Walter Connolly (Alexander Andrews), Roscoe Karns (Oscar Shapely)
· Runtime: 105 minutes
· IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025316/
ACADEMY AWARDS AND “GRAND SLAM” HISTORY
· The first film to sweep the five major Academy Award categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.
· One of only three films to achieve that “grand slam” (the others are One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Silence of the Lambs).
RELUCTANT STARS AND ON-SET TENSION
· Claudette Colbert complained frequently during production and reportedly told a friend she had just finished “the worst picture” she’d ever made—only for it to become her most celebrated role.
· Colbert accepted the part after being offered double her usual salary and a short, tightly scheduled shoot.
· Clark Gable was loaned to the production by MGM; multiple accounts frame the loan as punishment connected to studio politics and Gable’s personal life.
· Gable’s first interactions with Capra were reportedly tense, but the two eventually developed mutual respect.
THE HITCHHIKING LEG AND THE BODY DOUBLE
· When Capra wanted a leg-reveal for the hitchhiking scene, Colbert initially refused.
· A body double was used, but after seeing the double’s leg, Colbert insisted on doing the shot herself—famously objecting that the double’s leg was not “her leg.”
· The moment became one of the most referenced gags in romantic-comedy history, echoed across later films and cartoons.
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By Marty JenciusMarty and Cindy talk about one of the rest trend setting rom-coms of the 30’s, It Happened One Night.
FILM OVERVIEW
· Title: It Happened One Night
· Release Year: 1934
· Director: Frank Capra
· Screenplay: Robert Riskin
· Source Material: “Night Bus” (Samuel Hopkins Adams, 1933)
· Studio: Columbia Pictures
· Starring: Clark Gable (Peter Warne), Claudette Colbert (Ellie Andrews), Walter Connolly (Alexander Andrews), Roscoe Karns (Oscar Shapely)
· Runtime: 105 minutes
· IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025316/
ACADEMY AWARDS AND “GRAND SLAM” HISTORY
· The first film to sweep the five major Academy Award categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay.
· One of only three films to achieve that “grand slam” (the others are One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Silence of the Lambs).
RELUCTANT STARS AND ON-SET TENSION
· Claudette Colbert complained frequently during production and reportedly told a friend she had just finished “the worst picture” she’d ever made—only for it to become her most celebrated role.
· Colbert accepted the part after being offered double her usual salary and a short, tightly scheduled shoot.
· Clark Gable was loaned to the production by MGM; multiple accounts frame the loan as punishment connected to studio politics and Gable’s personal life.
· Gable’s first interactions with Capra were reportedly tense, but the two eventually developed mutual respect.
THE HITCHHIKING LEG AND THE BODY DOUBLE
· When Capra wanted a leg-reveal for the hitchhiking scene, Colbert initially refused.
· A body double was used, but after seeing the double’s leg, Colbert insisted on doing the shot herself—famously objecting that the double’s leg was not “her leg.”
· The moment became one of the most referenced gags in romantic-comedy history, echoed across later films and cartoons.
Website: ThePodTalk.Net
YouTube: YouTube.com/@FadeToChat
Email: [email protected]