It Happened One Night News

The ultimate in distinction must be when a person's name enters the vocabulary, becomes an adjective.

A pampered heiress jumps her father's yacht on the eve of her wedding, and sets off on a very educational tour of grassroots America, learning empirically about the art of hitchhiking, haystack-sleeping, donut-dunking and so forth, with a wiseguy newspaperman serving as her gruff guide to Real Life and True Love.

It was last Saturday night in the Big Apple. My daughter, daughter-in-law and I had left the hotel a bit late to hoof it to the theatre.

Frank Capra won an unprecedented five Oscars for his 1934 classic "It Happened One Night," starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert 75 years ago.

Go dancin' under the moon What better way to spend a crisp autumn night than dancing in the moonlight? Dunbar Elementary School will host its annual fundraiser, "MoonDance," at Atwood Ranch's barn, 12099 Hwy.

I MET HIM IN PARIS reunites Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas, stars of the 1935 comedy SHE MARRIED HER BOSS .

OWLS HEAD : The Claudette Colbert Collection . Yes, these six films all were made before even I was born, but they offer plenty of delightful humor, without the crudeness of today's comedies.

Palo Alto Online A&E * Talk: Bill Lane Remembers Sunset Bill Lane, former publisher of Sunset Magazine, will discuss his time working on the landmark Western-lifestyle magazine today at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto.

Also, the Oakland Independent Film Festival comes to the Grand Lake Theater and the Cerrito gets its food groove back Bob Dylan plays two shows at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley: I am so psyched to get back to the Greek Theatre, a venue I have been to only once in 2009 to see both Bob Dylan shows this weekend.

It Happened One Night , Directed by Frank Capra The wealthy and rebellious Ellie Andrews has just married the rich debonair socialite King Westley , when her disgruntled father steals her away to his yacht.

It's a little-known fact that Clark Gable was -- at least for a brief time -- a Houston resident.

" Louise Brooks once said, "A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world." That could have been the motto of Lulu, the role that made her a fashion icon for the ages.

Turner Classic Movies just released its 15 favorite fashion trendsetting films, and while we were shocked to see that "Desperately Seeking Susan" and "Troop Beverly Hills" didn't make they cut, there plenty of entries that we did agree with, including the filmed-in-Boston 1968 classic "The Thomas Crown Affair" . Others on the list include "Auntie ...

"Even I had his red biker jacket," Blahnik said. Other films made the cut because of the work of someone behind the scenes, such as Edith Head, one of Hollywood's greatest costume designers.

In honor of Fashion Week in New York, which starts Sept. 10, Turner Classic Movies has released a list of the network's favorite fashion trendsetting films.

Clark Gable III, the grandson and namesake of the late Hollywood screen star, was stabbed in the rib cage during a fight at a party in Calabasas, Calif.

The romantic comedy hit its peak in the 1930s and it has been largely downhill ever since.

"This play is just about the swellest thing on paper." That's one example of the '30s-style language in Kit Steinkellner's new comedy, Adeline's Play , which opened last weekend at the Powerhouse Theatre in a Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble production, which sneaks up on you and then won't let go.

Greyhound buses will hit UK motorways next month - starting with a two-hour service from London to Portsmouth and Southampton.

America by Simon & Garfunkel "Kathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh, Michigan seems like a dream to me now a " New York State of Mind by Billy Joel "I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson river line/ 'cause I'm in a New York state of mind." On Broadway by The Drifters "I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say./ But ...