I was watching a black and white film of 1930s...
It was a simple absorbing romantic comedy!
As the scene unfolds one after another, I am in for some surprises!
Most of the scenes of that film, I had seen in other recent movies... of holly,bolly or kolly!
For instance, if say in which film you come across this scene 'where hero uses all his charms and fails to hitch-hike but the lead lady do the same job with ease ,by just showing a bit of skin above her knee'... I am sure you would come out with dozen movies from various parts of world! (in Tamil you would have seen it in 'apoorva sagotharargal')
And another scene, when the lead lady rejects the offered next seat of hero's, at first in a bus... and returns back to him, finding the co passenger of her preferred seat unbearable...(in Tamil you would have seen it in K.B'S 'Pudhu pudhu arthangal'... you too K.B!!!)
And the scene romantic couple breaching the barrier they made the night before,when they happened to share the same room (again you could have seen this sort of scene in umpteen number of films)
So no doubt this movie is feathered with an unique credit.... its the only romantic comedy that won Oscars for all major categories... actor, actress, director, writer and picture!
After all this movie is a whole sale retailer of entertaining romantic scenes to the authorized copy cats all over the world.. for nearly a century!
Another fun fact was... in 1934 Oscar ceremony, when the host Will Rogers announced the best director award, he just announced " Frank" as the winning director... and following that two men started walking towards the podium to receive the award ,one Frank Lloyd (the real winner for the movie 'cavalcade') and the other nominee Frank Capra!
After a bit of comic commotion Frank Capra returned back to the seat empty handed and a bit embarrassed...
But... oh! my man, he came back strongly the very next year,,, to create a history hard to beat till the date!
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