Saturday, February 20, 2010

It Happened One Night (1934) - 5 Stars

One Sentence Plot Summary: A down-on-his-luck newspaper man helps a pampered society girl travel from Miami to New York and, go figure, they fall in love along the way.

Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert

Best of: Fantastic chemistry between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Slow burning sexual tension (1934 style). Great dialogue. Great final scene.

Worst of: I could have used an earlier introduction for a reason to dislike the "other man."

Notable: One of only three movies (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs were the others) to win all "Big 5" Academy Awards.

1 comment:

  1. Your blog needs some comments. So here's the first one. I feel compelled to add all of your 5-star movies to my Netflix queue.

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