It Happened One Night
“I come from a log line of stubborn idiots.”
“I come from a log line of stubborn idiots.”
I still love this film. Any film which can make you laugh five times in the first five minutes is on to something. There are a whole bunch of quotable lines in here. It’s just a lot of fun, the characters and their road trip love story are endearing, it really makes me smile.
Its influence on Bugs Bunny is well documented but I think it must have been pretty influential on a lot of things subsequently.
One highlight is when posing as an argumentative married couple to avoid detection they end up getting completely carried away.
I suppose one criticism is that it starts to drag a little bit just before the end and could have been a little shorter and snappier, but it’s hard to begrudge the running time when it’s so enjoyable overall.
I’ve read some fascinating behind the scenes trivia – apparently neither of the leads wanted to be in it at all and Clark Gable was even sent to the film studio as a sort of punishment. The success of the film and all its awards came as a surprise and revived the film studio’s fortunes.
Last edited by Thursday Next; 09-10-18 at 05:58 PM.