Saturday, September 22, 2012

1934 It Happened One Night

1934 It Happened One Night

Really like this one, of course.  What's not to like?  The always amazing Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

Clark Gable is Peter Warne, a newly fired journalist looking for a story.  Ellen (Ellie) Andrews is a rich heiress running away from home and trying to get to New York, where her married on a whim but father had the marriage annulled "husband" awaits.

 Clark Gable helps her in exchange for the story.  She doesn't really love the guy in New York, she just wants her freedom.  On the way, they fall in love, of course.

This movie would never win in this day and age, being a rom-com.  A cute, romantic movie.

Did it deserve an Oscar?  I haven't seen the movies it was competing against, so I don't know if it was the best movie of the year.  I can say there are other rom-coms in history that I think are more deserving, like When Harry Met Sally.

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