Episode #136

It Happened One Night

(1934)

Thanks, professor! Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert star in the film that put Frank Capra on the map. It incidentally put Columbia Pictures, Gable and Colbert, and the “road trip” / “screwball comedy” on the map, too. A prototypical romantic comedy, this flick has inspired generations of love stories . . . but how does that love story hold up? How has this film aged? We dive into its influence and faults, this week!