| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Classics |
The screen is graced by the obvious and funny chemistry of Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in the classic screwball comedy, It Happened One Night.
Though Roscoe Karns caters a fun performance as the slick salesman in the bus, and Walter Connolly puts a paternal concern as Colbert's father, nothing seems to stop Gable, who ultimately makes this movie his, all the way through.
In the movie, he snakes his way to people's charms as he guides and teases Colbert's character, Ellie, to a doughnut-dunking session, and the enormously fall-out-of-your-seat funny hitchhiking sequence.
Though Colbert first appeared a bit too formal and stiff as the pri madonna, spoiled rich girl, she manages to lighten up as Gable loosens her up while director Frank Capra's expertly captures her facial expressions through innovative lighting techniques.
In an era of Depression-driven audiences, the fabled "Walls of Jericho" scene, where the (unmarried) characters are separated only by a blanket hung on a clothesline, stirs a heap of sensations.
A comic relief treat. Classic!
Though Roscoe Karns caters a fun performance as the slick salesman in the bus, and Walter Connolly puts a paternal concern as Colbert's father, nothing seems to stop Gable, who ultimately makes this movie his, all the way through.
In the movie, he snakes his way to people's charms as he guides and teases Colbert's character, Ellie, to a doughnut-dunking session, and the enormously fall-out-of-your-seat funny hitchhiking sequence.
Though Colbert first appeared a bit too formal and stiff as the pri madonna, spoiled rich girl, she manages to lighten up as Gable loosens her up while director Frank Capra's expertly captures her facial expressions through innovative lighting techniques.
In an era of Depression-driven audiences, the fabled "Walls of Jericho" scene, where the (unmarried) characters are separated only by a blanket hung on a clothesline, stirs a heap of sensations.
A comic relief treat. Classic!
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