Directed by John M. Stahl • 1934 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson
Adapted from the novel by Fannie Hurst, this groundbreaking look at American racial attitudes traces the complex relationship that develops between Bea Pullman (Claudette Colbert), a widowed white mother, and Delilah Johnson (Louise Beavers), her Black housekeeper. The profitable pancake business that the two women start lifts them out of poverty—but with success comes a host of personal problems involving questions of race and romance. Director John M. Stahl explores issues of colorism, passing, and interracial friendship with a sensitivity decades ahead of its time.
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It Happened One Night
Directed by Frank Capra • 1934 • United States
Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter ConnollyOpposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight from Frank Capra, about a spoiled runaway socialite (Claudette Colbert) and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter (Clark...
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The Gilded Lily
Directed by Wesley Ruggles • 1935 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray MillandClaudette Colbert is at her effortlessly charming best in this oft-overlooked, Depression-era romantic-comedy gem. She stars as Marilyn David, a New York City stenographer whose close friend...
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I Met Him in Paris
Directed by Wesley Ruggles • 1937 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Lee Bowman, Melvyn DouglasIt’s comic romance amid the snowy Alps when successful American fashion designer Kay Denham (Claudette Colbert) jets off from Paris to a Swiss vacation resort where she finds herself juggling...
