Charismatic and arrogant reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable) meets his match, in more than one sense, in spoiled, somewhat naïve but also bright and resourceful heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert). Perhaps not the best name — what exactly happened one night, and which one? — for a movie of this calibre, all and each of its Big Fives totally deserved. Not a dull moment here.
According to Wikipedia,
In 1935, after her Academy Award nomination, Colbert decided not to attend the ceremony since she felt she would not win and planned to take a cross-country railroad trip. After she was named the winner, <Columbia Pictures> studio chief Harry Cohn sent someone to “drag her off” the train, which had not departed, to take her to the ceremony.
I imagine the scene must have been very much in style of this classic comedy, especially if that someone was Gable.
This film opens El amor es un clásico, a new cycle by Filmoteca Canaria.
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