Sonoma School Gardens fundraiser Nov 20, 2009
Monday night's screening of "It Happened One Night" by the Sebastiani Theatre Foundation and its advisory committee was a huge hit. I ran into Robin Lyon at Safeway prior to the event, all dressed up for the occasion in her mother's coat and grandmother's hat. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Top Ten Classic Rom-Com Movie Renta... Nov 17, 2009
It Happened One Night (1934): Frank Capra directs Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in this classic boy-meets-girl tale between a socialite and a journalist. Roman Holiday (1953): The story of a princess falling in love with a journalist, this film directed by William Wyler stars Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. (Suite101.com)
Best of Claudette is all set Nov 2, 2009
It wasn't, as commonly believed, "It Happened One Night" with Claudette Colbert, which won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Picture ... It wasn't, as commonly believed, "It Happened One Night" with Claudette Colbert, which won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Picture. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The president's Frank Capra moment Oct 18, 2009
Maybe it happened one night. But this is no romantic comedy, and there is no Clark Gable or Claudette Colbert involved. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Riding the Greyhound Aug 22, 2009
In the 1930s, Greyhound made its first stop in Hollywood as the main setting for a romance between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in the film It Happened One Night. Since then, the bus has featured in more films, including Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961 and Midnight Cowboy in 1969. (BBC News -- UK)
'Mad Men' latest show to influence fashion Aug 14, 2009
In the 1934 film "It Happened One Night," star Clark Gable took off his shirt and showed his bare chest, instead of the standard white undershirt. For decades, an urban legend has maintained that undershirt sales dropped up to 75 percent, not to recover until World War II. Though the mythbusting site , it's testimony to the legend's strength that we're still talking about it 75 years later. (CNN -- Showbiz)
More nominees might help Oscar process (or not) Jun 27, 2009
I wouldn't make this case, which is why I say it's mild, but at least in the old days you could get Academy Award winners like "Grand Hotel" (1932) and "It Happened One Night" (1934), movies that have stood up to changing tastes and changing generations. Moreover, the switch to 10 nominees might turn out to be an outright good thing for two reasons: 1) It opens up the possibility that more ambitious independent or foreign films might get nominated and, as a result, get a box office boost from... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Berlin Wall: Eyewitness on the End of the Iron Curtain Jun 25, 2009
It Happened One Night - TIME's Annual Journey: 1989 - TIME ... It Happened One Night. (Time.com)
Newspaper Movies Apr 18, 2009
It Happened One Night, 1934 ... A clever romantic comedy with not one, but two mistaken secret identities, It Happened One Night was the only genuine newspaper movie to win the Academy Award for Best Picture; it also grabbed Oscars for the director, writer and lead stars. (Time.com)
Roundup: Movies not to miss Apr 2, 2009
It's actually more like the "It Happened One Night" mixed with the "Waiting for Godot" of Yurt Cinema, which gives you an idea of the film's wildness and range. Asa (Askhat Kuchinchirekov), a likable, jugheaded dreamer, has come home to live with his sister's family after serving in the Russian navy. (Salon)
Witty to ditzy: Mar 7, 2009
It sailed off to a fine start in 1934 with It Happened One Night, featuring Claudette Colbert as a famous heiress on the run from her father, and Clark Gable as a luckless journalist. The relationship between the two is initially sarcastic - as with the relationships between countless rom-com couples - but most of all it is equal. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Favorite Movies, Least Favorite Awards Show Mar 3, 2009
The 1930s: It Happened One Night, Alice Adams, The Gold Rush, Destry Rides Again, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Wizard of Oz, Bachelor Mother, Make Way for Tomorrow, My Man Godfrey and any one of these four Astaire-Rogers films, Top Hat, Carefree, Gay Divorcee or Swing Time. (Townhall.com)
One night with Gable and Colbert Feb 27, 2009
"It Happened One Night," a comedy starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, was made before the movie code that forbid actors from getting sexy on screen. Thank goodness the film beat the deadline. (Boston Globe)
The Oscars still wobble on an axis of art and popularity Feb 22, 2009
Out of that conflict have come hugely popular best picture winners ("It Happened One Night," "Gone With the Wind," "Casablanca," "The Sting," "Titanic"), artful "little" movies ("Marty," "Rocky," "Annie Hall," "Chariots of Fire"), a love of Hollywood gigantism ("Ben-Hur," "Around the World in 80 Days") and arrant corn ("Going My Way," "The Greatest Show on Earth," "Braveheart"). There have even been the occasional confluences of craft, success, and the highest art: "On the Waterfront," "Lawrence... (Boston Globe)
Bold new telecast for the Oscars Feb 20, 2009
Oscar fever: A photographer taking a picture of the 1934 Oscar awarded to Clark Gable for It Happened One Night at the Meet the Oscars Chicago event last week. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis said earlier this month that fans could expect some daring tweaks. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Guide: Romantic dining spots Feb 10, 2009
Valentine's Day movies include Twilight and It Happened One Night. Package times available are 4:30, 6, 7:15, 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. Appetizers, desserts and the full bar are available for movie viewing. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
