The Viewer's Commentary

Directed by: Frank Capra

Produced by: Frank Capra, Harry Cohn

Written by: Robert Riskin (screenplay); Samuel Hopkins Adams (story)

Cinematography by: Joseph Walker

Editing by: Gene Havlick

Music by: Howard Jackson, Louis Silvers

Starring: Clark Cable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jamesson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson

Based on the short story Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Year: 1934

The romantic comedy genre has a bad reputation these days, primarily because most modern romantic comedies are insipid, grating experiences that rely primarily (often solely) on star power and easy jokes to fill 90+ minutes. Yet so many of them make such big money, it’s easy to see why studios continue to make them — a sad fact that infuriates those with, in my humble opinion, objectively better taste than those who pretty much throw their money away. Read more…