What is It Happened One Night / Platinum Blonde about?

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, 1934, Sony Repertory, 105 min. Dir. Frank Capra. The first film to win all five major Oscars remains a jewel of timing and charm, as runaway bride Claudette Colbert finds herself saddled with pushy reporter Clark Gable, who smells the story of his career. PLATINUM BLONDE, 1931, Sony Repertory, 90 min. Dir. Frank Capra. Reporter Bobby Williams marries heiress Jean Harlow and quickly starts to realize he’s woefully out of place in this, Frank Capra’s first successful stab at screwball romantic comedy. Capra’s satire of the rich and celebration of the working man were tailor-made for Depression-era audiences, and seem strangely timely now as well…

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What is It Happened One Night / Platinum Blonde about?: IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, 1934, Sony Repertory, 105 min. Dir. Frank Capra. The first film to win all five major Oscars remains a jewel of timing and charm, as runaway bride Claudette Colbert finds herself saddled with pushy reporter Clark Gable, who smells the story of his career.
PLATINUM BLONDE, 1931, Sony Repertory, 90 min. Dir. Frank Capra. Reporter Bobby Williams marries heiress Jean Harlow and quickly starts to realize he’s woefully out of place in this, Frank Capra’s first successful stab at screwball romantic comedy. Capra’s satire of the rich and celebration of the working man were tailor-made for Depression-era audiences, and seem strangely timely now as well…