It Happened One Night (1934)
It Happened One Night (1934) Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night is the little engine that could. It was a smallish romantic comedy produced on a modest budget from a minor studio. It would be a film, despite starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, that would vanish as time progressed, right? Guess again! The movie happened to be the table-setter for a new kind of film, and it is a movie that resonates well with people, even to today’s modern audience. Personally, I found much to enjoy. Despite my misgivings on the screwball genre, Capra gets it right. The situations are zany, fast, and witty. The performances are excellent, and Capra is on the top of his game following his usually formula in the world of comedy. The making of the film could have been its own film. This picture was produced by Columbia, which was seen as a minor picture at the time. Frank Capra lacked two major stars to appear. He previously worked with Claudette Colbert, but their experience toget...