"It Happened One Night"

"It Happened One Night": 1930s Film Comedy Comes to the Stage

This 1934 film comedy starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert comes to The Core Theatre in Dallas as a new stage adaptation. A spoiled newlywed heiress is on the run from her father, who kidnapped her away from her fortune-seeking husband. Fate brings her in contact with a cynical, unemployed reporter who offers to help reunite her with her husband in return for rights to the story. However, during the pair's travels, the gruff newspaperman and the spoiled rich girl find themselves falling for each other. Mismatched personalities and social positions cause all sorts of mayhem in the relationship, and hilarity ensues. The Frank Capra classic comedy is just as enjoyable today as when audiences first saw it.