It Happened One Night

Matt Roush says...

With its Statue of Liberty-inspired logo of a woman holding a torch aloft, Columbia Pictures has been among Hollywood’s most iconic studios for a century. To mark its 100^th year, Turner Classic Movies devotes Wednesday nights all month to screenings of Columbia’s best-known films, with an occasional Three Stooges short. The inaugural lineup focuses on the 1920s and especially the 1930s, with the studio’s first Best Picture winner, 1934’s It Happened One Night (8/7c), kicking things off, pairing Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, who each won Oscars along with director Frank Capra and screenwriter Robert Riskin. More comedies follow, including 1937’s The Awful Truth (10:30/9:30c) and 1938’s Best Picture winner, You Can’t Take It With You (12:15 am/11:15c), another Capra triumph.

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