It Happened One Night Characteristics

Have you ever wondered what people in the Elizabethan Era wore? Fashion was just as important in those days as it is to some people today. What people were wearing mattered to others, and even the government. During the Elizabethan Era clothing, accessories, and cosmetics were all a part of daily life.

According to Adler, Rosenfeld, and Proctor’s Interplay, clothing is “a way for some to strategically hide ‘problem areas’ and accentuate ‘assets’” (book). The first time that clothing is used interpersonally in the movie is towards the beginning, when Frank and his father go to a store to get frank a black suit. Frank’s father gets the suit for Frank to wear so that Frank could act like he was a personal driver for his father, so that people would believe that Frank’s family had a lot of money. This example is a good representation of what clothing is according to the definition because it meets all aspects of the definition. The example shows how Frank’s father “strategically [hid] ‘problem areas” (book) such as the lack of money, and how he used the clothing to make it appear as though he has

In the 1934 film, It Happened One Night directed by Frank Capra, follows two characters Ellie Andrews, played by Claudette Colbert, and Peter Warne, played by Clark Gable. Ellie is trying to escape her overbearing father and escape a life of unhappiness. This romantic screwball film joins two opposite characters from two different economic backgrounds. Screwball comedies often display irreverent humor, clever dialogue, subtitle humor and an odd element of historical relevancy in the time they were most popular. In It Happened One Night, the common screwball comedy elements were displayed in the first nine minutes to establish the characters, the economic and social backgrounds of both the main characters and the rest of the films plot

Ever wonder where the strange fashion choices of society’s favorite Disney movies originated? It might be a bit of an understatement to say that the apparel of men during the Elizabethan Era was odd, but each piece of their outfit had a crucial role to play in their daily life. Clothing worn during the Elizabethan Era was greatly dictated by the Sumptuary Laws, the wealth of the individual, and fashion trend of neighboring countries.

Unlike other clothes worn in the film such as the red dress, this gown has no distinguishable features since it is so dark. Instead of focusing on the judge and his awful verdict, the viewer focuses only Margot’s black gown. By focusing on her gown, Hitchcock is able to force the audience to feel Margot’s own pain and suffering associated with being falsely accused of the murder. The same experience happens to the audience when Margot becomes aware that Tony was responsible for the foiled murder. In this important scene, Margot is wearing a dark brown jacket. The jacket is dark enough that the audience can see her emotional distress, but light enough that we become aware that Margot found closure in these series of unfortunate events. As noted by a movie reviewer, Margot’s “shapeless brown jacket [is as] different from the red lace dress as you can get” (The Blonde at the Film). Hitchcock and Carrere use slim-fitting jacket in the last scene to show that Margot has moved on past Tony and is no longer stuck in between both relationships. By playing with the different shadings of Margot’s clothing and contrasting her dresses with other previous costumes, Alfred Hitchcock is able to add another dimension to Margot’s pain and suffering surrounding and help the audience understand the context behind Tony’s spoiled

After watching the film, It Happened One Night directed by Capra in 1934, it is a classic Hollywood narrative that is classic romance story, but I did notice that it did not followed the motion picture production code for particular scenes in the film, which I think helped create suspicion and action during the story. Additionally, the film It Happened One Night was different from the other films we watched in class.

It seemed as if the costumes were meant to be literal and just go with the theme of the musical. Seeing the actors switch from school regulated uniforms dress code costumes to what seemed to be a rock band’s attire was a bit annoying, because when they were constantly ripping apart their vests and snapping it back together. Some of their double sided costume components would be submerging out with each change, making it very distracting. Not only were the costumes difficult to distinguish, but some of the characters were as well. With three actors having to play two different roles, it was hard to tell the difference between Hanschen and Rupert, played by Bryan Jones, or Ernst and Reinhold, played by Fern Jones, or Otto and Ulbrecht, played by Tyshawn Gooden. At one time I thought the Wendla and Melchior were sister and brother, because both characters’ mother was acted out by the same actress and it made me extremely confused at first. The only thing that separated the actors playing multiple character roles were them changing the style or color of a shirt or dress. The small change in clothing wasn’t enough to help me differentiate the different character

In the film, the costumes of the nuns when they sing in the choir, remains the classic nun costume, with their habits in black and white, even in the final song. On the other hand, the costume in the play, in the first song they sing is similar to the habit of the nuns, but along with their fame are changing the costumes in color and in the drawings with glitter; they Being more and more strikings. Regarding the costumes of the protagonist and her companions, at the beginning of the play, in the small place of alternation, have a style of the 60s with bell-bottoms, short dresses and high boots with high heels.

Collen Antwood was the costume designer for the movie Edward Scissorhands.The old grandma in the beginning of the movie was wearing very fancy clothing.She was wearing a long red dress and a black vest.She also had glasses and earrings as well.The Avon lady (Pegg) was wearing an all purple suit Skirt/jacket.White flats with a bow on them,also she had a purple hat to match with her outfit.She had glasses,pearl earrings,and a watch as well as a big blue suitcase.Pegg had short brown hair .Edward was wearing all black boots as well.He also had crazy nappy black hair.Edward had scissors for hands so did not really wear jewelry.Everybody else dressed like old white people from the 1990s.Wearing suits and colorful clothing.In the movie Charlie and

Other factors, aside from their clothes, also make the class system apparent in this society. The attitudes of the wealthy and poor are incredibly different, which is shown through how they wear their clothes. It is very obvious that the wealthy, higher class hold themselves to higher standards and look down upon those in the lower classes. The quality of their clothes, accessories, and hygiene are much better than the less fortunate people. It is terribly sad to see but the higher class, have beautiful clothing that make you want to reach out and touch to see if it is real.

Elizabethan clothing and fashion was known to be one of the most significant time periods in English History. People believed that social rank and wealth depended on what family one was born into, however it was much more than that. The style of clothing would be easily recognizable today because clothing, accessories and embellishment were all apart of daily life. Clothing during this time period played a big role in determining who associated with who, what your identity was and social rank during this era (“Stubbes on Ruffs.”).

The people who lived during the Elizabethan Era were not allowed to wear whatever they like or desired. Their Fashion choices had to be followed by a strict law! The English people chose to establish social classes by the colors they wore and this had an affect on costumes used in theatre. Queen Elizabeth I followed the sumptuary laws, which was only certain classes were consent to wear specific fabric and colors. Therefore in plays the actors could only wear certain colors for their costumes that displayed what role and class their character was in. The clothes worn during this era was a result of Queen Elizabeth’s sumptuary laws, which had an affect on costumes used in plays, and each color a person wore had a significant meaning.

On special occasions, long, floor-length gowns are worn by women as a show of elegance (Leed, Drea). Juliet is to be courted by County Paris, so she dresses her best during the Capulet party. Because of the Capulets elevated social status, the family outfits were made of more expensive fabrics and brighter colors. As dictated by the Sumptuary Laws, only families of higher ranks were allowed to wear crimson, gold, black, silver, and white colors (Hanson, Paige), so during the Capulet party, Juliet wears a white gown, to symbolize purity and virtue (“The Color White”), with gold embroidery displayed on the forepart of the dress. The gown is made of silk and velvet fabrics which is good for elegant gatherings and ruffs and sleeves are made of

It Happened One Night is a story about two people who find themselves intertwined for selfish reasons on a long road trip and discover that they may have feelings for each other. Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) is kidnapped by her overprotective father (Walter Connolly) and hidden from her recently married husband King Westley (Jameson Thomas). Ellie is able to escape from her father and begins her long journey back to her husband in New York. Ellie finds herself on a bus heading towards New York when she bumps into Peter Warne (Clark Gable). During the bus trip back to New York both Ellie and Peter find themselves having to navigate different obstacles to get to their destination in New York. Ellie finds that she needs Peter to help her

So sometimes fashion cannot distinguish between social classes and clothes worn by an upper class individual can be similar to clothes worn by people of a lower class.