[Quick Summary: When a spoiled heiress tries to make it home to New York with only a few dollars in her pocket, a journalist helps her out in order to scoop a story, but inadvertently falls in love with her.]
This script is 67 years old, yet it's got more romantic zippity-do-dah than many rom-coms today.
1) Peter (Clark Gable) gets Ellie (Claudette Colbert).
ex. When Ellie gives a poor boy their last dollar, Peter silently admires her for it.
2) Ellie gets Peter.
ex. She silently realizes he's conning the police...& she plays along without missing a beat.
3) They have fun, exasperating adventures together.
ex. Ellie complains that she's hungry. After Peter slips away to find food, Ellie panics. She yells for him, since she's never really been alone before. Peter comes running. She says she's so scared that she's no longer hungry. Peter wants to wring her neck.
WHAT I'VE LEARNED: I want more "they belong together." I want more of this thing called "chemistry".
It Happened One Night (1934)
by Robert Riskin
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