By the 1930s the film industry began to change, and the biggest change was that films now featured sound. However, there was another change in film; however this change did not add anything to film instead censored what was allowed in movies. By the early 1930 the Catholic Legion of Decency wrote the Production Code, which stated a list of forbidden material for films such as sex, drugs, consumption of alcohol and offensive words. As a result of the production code, women’s roles in movies changed as well, women’s roles were now strong, smart, workers as opposed to before the code when women’s roles were more sexually liberated. This gave way for screw ball comedy, which was largely featured a war of the sexes. One of the greatest screw ball comedies is It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra in 1934. The film follows Ellie Andrews, (Claudette Colbert) a spoiled runaway who while on a bus to New York, encounters Peter Warne, (Clark Gable) a reporter who offers to help Ellie out in return for a story on her.
2) Find a related article and summarize the content.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8094021/It-Happened-One-Night-review.html
“It’s scarcely believable that Capra’s film is nearly eighty years old. Colbert is headstrong, delightful, irresistible. Gable is edgier, less mannered than he would later become…”
In his article, Sukhdev Sandhu praises the performances by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, and how they made It Happened One Night, along with the witty dialogue, such an enjoyable film even by today’s standards. He goes on to write how romantic comedies today don’t hold up as well as It Happened One Night.
3) Apply the article to the film screened in class.
I fully agree with this article. Clarke Gable performance in the film was top notch, especially toward the end when he acts colder toward Ellie because he is saddened that he will never see her again. Claudette Colbert’s performance was also second to none, as she played the role of a spoiled heiress relying on Peter to get her out of situations. These portrayals along with the dialogue make this film a classic.
4) Write a critical analysis of the film
It Happened One Night is in my opinion, the embodiment of screw ball comedy. The dialogue between Peter and Ellie is truly a pleasure to watch. Classic scenes such as the wall of Jericho and the hitchhiking scene make this movie all the more memorable. Romantic comedies today have a thing to learn from Frank Capra and his film, in fact one could make a strong case that It Happened One Night, is the original romantic comedy.
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Name: Robert Moroz_____________________________ Date: 10/16/2013____________________________
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