Molly Haskell and Philip Lopate on IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
It Happened One Night
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38m
In this conversation, recorded in August 2014, film critics Molly Haskell and Philip Lopate discuss IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT and its relationship to the screwball comedy genre.
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