“It Happened One Night” will be shown at 1:00 pm and again at 7:00 pm. Monday at the Movies Classic Films are an opportunity to see award-winning older films on the big screen as they were intended when originally made.
“It Happened One Night”, perfect for Valentine’s Day, is a charming love story within a screwball comedy of the 1930s. Claudette Colbert plays Ellie Andrews, a spoiled socialite who flees her controlling father and an ill-fated marriage. She meets Clark Gable’s character, Peter Warne, on a cross-country bus trip. Warne is an out-of-work reporter looking for a story, but, during the trip, a romance develops.
The film, which premiered on February 23, 1934, has many iconic scenes – Colbert showing off her leg to hitch a ride and Clark Gable’s shirtless scene. It was the first film ever to win five Academy Awards: best picture, best director, best actress, best actor and best screenwriting, and held this distinction for over forty years.
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In 1993, the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress named “It Happened One Night” a culturally and historically significant film. The American Film Institute included it in their list of Top 100 movies and the Top Ten Romantic Film Comedies.
Visit the library for an entertaining afternoon or evening and enjoy two legends of the silver screen.
