It Happened One Night
1) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.
In class, we discussed
films prior to the code and then how the post-code movies were different. It Happened One Night was one of the first films post-code. Women were seen as
strong and smart post-code which were what Claudette Colbert portrayed in her
character in It Happened One Night. In screwball comedies, there is the war of
the sexes and that can be seen in the film we watched between Colbert’s
character and Clark Gable’s character as they had verbal sparring. We also
learned about the synopsis of the film which is about a spoiled girl who runs
away from her family and reporter decides to help her but in the end he falls
in love with her.
2) Find a related article and summarize content.
In this article, it
goes into great detail about how this film opened doors for other screwball
comedies that followed. The article discusses about the film is composed mostly
of a road trip (filmsite). It also discusses about how the director, Frank
Capra wanted Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy to play the roles but did not get
them. It Happened One Night won all of its five nominated categories for the
Academy. At the bottom of the article, it also summarizes the whole movie by
explaining in detail about what happened.
3) Apply the article to the film screened in class.
Just like in my answer
for this part for the Gold Rush, when I found out that the two main stars weren’t
the “favorable” actors for the director, it made me think about the possibility
of how the movie would have been portrayed. In this instance, I think it would
have been different because Gable and Colbert ended up having a great chemistry
for their roles and I don’t know if others would have fit right with their
characters like they did. For “The Story” part of the article, I liked that
this article placed it in because it helped me think about to the screening and
remember those moments.
4) Write a critical analysis of the film.
Again, I wasn’t
expecting anything from the film as I didn’t watch too many black & white
films or films from that time period (other than It’s a Wonderful Life) but I
have to say that I enjoyed it. I do, however, believe that they could have done
the 20 minutes a little better. I’m not entirely sure how but it seemed that it
could have been better. The shots for the scenes were well-done. You can sense
the comedy coming out through the characters and the storyline was also
well-done and continued on from the beginning to the end. Overall, it was a
great movie and I’m glad that we screened it because it gave me this feeling
that maybe I should give more films from that time period a chance.
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sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
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personally read.
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not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the
bibliography.
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lacks interpretation or originality.
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