Bring on the tough stuff. There’s not just one right answer.
- What sets It Happened One Night apart from today's romantic comedies? Which differences between Capra's film and more recent rom-coms strike you the most? Can you identify any similarities?
- What do you make of the film's title? What happened? Which night?
- What role does food play in It Happened One Night? What about the lack of food, and the hunger for it?
- Capra's movie is at times surprisingly open about sex, but at other times it works to assure viewers of its characters' modesty. Do you find It Happened One Night liberal when it comes to sex or conservative? What do you make of the film's take on the relationship between the sexes?
- What does Capra's film have to say about social class? Is It Happened One Night critical of the class we'd call "the 1 percent" today, or does it celebrate this class? Or does it do both things at once? How?