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A movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans imagined marriage, romance, gender, and class difference. This book examines key scenes and formal features of It Happened One Night, and explores its lasting importance in film history and in cultural studies.
  • Consideration of the film’s role in establishing the genre of the romantic comedy film
  • Investigations into the film’s persistent sexuality and its creativity in avoiding Depression-era censorship
  • Establishment of the cultural, economic, and political context of a film that directly addresses the Depression and class issues
  • Exploration of how the film invokes and develops the stardom of Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert and how this stardom intersects with the film’s topics of gender, genre, sexuality, and class

It Happened One Night

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A movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 25/09/2009
    ISBN13: 9781405173889, 978-1405173889
    ISBN10: 1405173882

    Number of Pages: 152

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

    Description

    A movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans imagined marriage, romance, gender, and class difference. This book examines key scenes and formal features of It Happened One Night, and explores its lasting importance in film history and in cultural studies.
    • Consideration of the film’s role in establishing the genre of the romantic comedy film
    • Investigations into the film’s persistent sexuality and its creativity in avoiding Depression-era censorship
    • Establishment of the cultural, economic, and political context of a film that directly addresses the Depression and class issues
    • Exploration of how the film invokes and develops the stardom of Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert and how this stardom intersects with the film’s topics of gender, genre, sexuality, and class

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