It Happened One Night

Last night we drove down to Columbus again for another great classic film on the big screen. This time it was Frank Capra's "It Happened One Night", starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. It was swell! Miss Colbert is a spoiled rich girl who is running away from her Father. Mr. Gable is a newspaper reporter who discovers her true identity and decides to help her get to New York. As they are the stars and spend the next hour and a half together, they fall in love. Here is a photo of Sarah and me standing infront of the Ohio Theatre showing the marquee!

We just love seeing the old films in the theatre. You can really appreciate them, seeing how they were meant to be viewed. Also, the theatre is so beautiful. Sarah and I enjoy walking around before the film begins, just to admire the different rooms. Once we even walked all the way up to the highest point in the balcony. By the time you make it to the last set of stairs, they are practically a adder. It's like climbing a mountain!

"It Happened One Night" was the first picture to win the big five Academy Awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay). Claudette Colbert was actually about to board a train on her way to take a vacation when the Academy officials arrived and whisked her to the ceremony so that Shirley Temple could present her with her Oscar!

The character of Bugs Bunny was based on several parts of this film. His character was based on Oscar Shapely, the guy who talks to Claudette Colbert on the bus. "Bugs" was taken from the heavy in Clark Gable's gangster story who is named "Bugs Dooley". Last, but not least, Bugs Bunny's style of eating carrots is taken from Clark Gable during the famous hitchhiking scene!