1) Relate what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.
When Hollywood first built itself every movie created was all silent and every actor had to communicate physically not verbally. By 1929, silent film was no more and everyone who worked in that field had to either learn differently or get into a new line of work. In the 1930's, the silent film industry was coming to an end and the screwball comedy was on fire. The film It Happened One Night, directed by Frank Capra, was one of the first film to established what was happening in film during that era. Censorship was starting to grow as well when in 1922 the MPPDA, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America was created by Will Hayes. The program was created to make sure movies were following guidelines regarding sex, drug use, nudity, and many other factors. Many scenes in the movie were clean cut, like the "Wall of Jericho" scene, you see neither of them sleeping in the same bed. Now a days, that's the least of movie directors troubles.
2) Find a related article (on the film, directed, studio, actor/actress, artistic content, ect.) You can use the library or the internet. Cite the article or copy the url to your journal entry. Summarize in your own words the related article but do not plagiarize any content.
The article "Studio's Luck Day" written by Crosby Day, had a inside look within the making of It Happened One Night and its actors Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Columbia Pictures who was the company the film was under, wasn't a well known or highly praised studio and at times looked down upon by other studios. Do to not getting dental work done, MGM loaned Clark Gable to Columbia to work on It Happened One Night. After ever well known actress declined the role, Claudette Colbert signed onto the film unwillingly after begin promised 4 week shooting period and a double pay increase. Many problems arrived on set because of the unwillingness from Colbert. Many reports have stated she was a big DIVA! For example, during the hitchhiking scene, she refuse to show her leg because she wanted to present her acting skills, not her sex appeal. After Capra suggested bringing in a Chorus Girl to do the scene, Colbert threw a fit and took it with a grain of salt and performed the scene and showed her leg. Even though the film had its pot holes, the film was a huge success. It made stars out of both Gable and Colbert.
3) Apply the article to the film screened in class.
Personally, I saw none of this bad behavior within the movie. To me I got real professionalism. I was actually shocked to read many articles about how bad Colbert behavior was on set. Who would of guess that the film that was being penned from started as a horrible comedy would come out with 5 Oscars and many iconic scenes. The hitchhiking scene is parody in many movies and also the scene with Clark, reviling that he was wearing no under shirt. Gable opened his shirt to reveal a bare chest. Gable's style caught the eye of American men and undershirt sales took a dive. You must have done something right if you affected a big selling company like that. The sell of tourist bungalow went skyrocketed after the two main scenes happened in a tourist bungalow. Plus, just a fun fact the scene with Gable eating a carrot gave inspiration to Looney Tunes Character Bugs Bunny. Who would of thought?
"It Happened One Night," deserved the arm load of Academy Award it received. From set, the characters, the plot, props, to the basic movements, the movie was flawless. With in the pictures below you see Clark and Colbert both with their Oscars. Another fun fact, do you know that Colbert, even though she received a Oscar nomination Colbert decided not to attend the ceremony (feeling confident that she would not win) and instead planned to take a cross-country railroad trip. When she was named the winner, producers declared that someone must go and drag her off that train. When she got picked up to be taken to the ceremony, she was still waiting for the train and she arrived at the ceremony wearing a very ugly traveling suit which was made for her trip, not the Oscars. She had no idea what to do that's she looks frazzled and that
why she has a coat in her hand because coat checked had already left the building. Overall the screwball comedy found its home in the vault of great movies with It Happened One Night. From taking home, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Adapt Screenplay, and overall Best Picture. The movie has shown time and time again why its one of the greatest movies of all time. Its been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. It Happened One Night has held its own within the movie industry and has held its test of time.
CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM
1) (X) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2) (X) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) (X) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) (X) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) (X) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) (X) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) (X) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) (X) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name:Antonio Amorim Date:02/25/2014
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