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Was dismayed last evening when i couldn't find my laserdisc of this wonderful Capra film when I realized that I had replaced it with a gorgeous DVD transfer. I think I enjoy this more each time I see it.
Gable is just perfect. He is one of the very few actors for whom there is a synergy when he is on camera, a magic that is much more than just an actor being filmed. Monroe had it, too. And Tracy. And few others...This DVD contains a radio broadcast of the play starring its two stars and it is pretty good as well, even given the change in medium and the reqirements of sound only.
I've seen it many times and like it better each time I see it. It is, IMHO, one of the greatest films of American cinema. As a comedy, I would rate it #1. Otherwise it is definitely in my top 10.Despite being shot in the early 1930s, it is definitely not out of date. One forgets the antique clothing and automobiles and the other 30s trappings after a few minutes. It's such a wonderful film that those things, while interesting, don't really matter.
And don't you think "the walls of Jericho" scene is one of the watershed scenes in film comedy history?
My wife, who usually hates old movies, expecially those in black and white, actually sat down with me to watch the film (I guess I nagged her into it). She loved it!
It is so much better than most contempory movies. Of course, it was better than most of the other movies made in 1934, too. There was just as much junk in those days as there is now. It's just that we seldom remember those bad films of bygone days.
Those were my thoughts yesterday when I saw a thatrical presentation of "Something's Gotta Give", a competent film to be sure, with reasonably good writing and top notch acting (especially by Diane keaton) but which somehow just doesn't have the overall charm and magic of "It Happened...".
Road movies are one of my favorite genres and this film could be classified as the first.Gable is at his insolent best and Claudette Colbert is perfectly cast as the obnoxious spoilt rich girl.
But it's the early 30s depiction of life on the highways in America that really makes this movie sing. It won the best picture Oscar in '34, but I actually thing it's probably even MORE interesting and important as an historical document now.
that there are only two plots. The first is where a stranger comes to town and the second is where the protagonist goes on a journey.
The two Toy Story movies are a good example.
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