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Young Man of Manhattan. Toby McLean, a reckless sports writer on a New York City newspaper, covers the Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey heavyweight-championship fight in Philadelphia. There he meets Ann Vaughn, a feature writer for another newspaper, and they get married after a whirlwind romance.
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Claudette Colbert. Actress: It Happened One Night. One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle).
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- Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
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With her Mid-Atlantic accent, [3] witty dialogues, aristocratic demeanor, and flair [4] for light comedy and emotional drama, Colbert's versatility led to her becoming one of the most popular stars of the 1930s and 1940s. [5] [2] In all, Colbert starred in more than 60 movies.
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- 'It Happened One Night' (1934) Director: Frank Capra. Frank Capra's It Happened One Night is among the all-time most enduring romantic comedies. Colbert stars as a spoiled socialite who marries on a whim to spite her father.
- 'Since You Went Away (1944) Director: John Cromwell. Produced by David O. Selznick and directed by John Cromwell, Since You Went Away is among Colbert's most acclaimed films.
- 'Imitation of Life (1934) Director: John M. Stahl. Based on the 1933 eponymous novel, John M. Stahl's 1934 drama Imitation of Life stars Colbert and Louise Beavers.
- 'The Palm Beach Story (1942) Director: Preston Sturges. Joel McCrea joins Colbert in Preston Sturges' 1942 screwball comedy The Palm Beach Story. The plot follows married couple Tom and Gerry Jeffers, whose relationship has soured because of financial difficulties.
- It Happened One Night (1934) As often happens with films that achieve legendary status, “It Happened One Night” had a shaky beginning, and little faith from all involved that it would fare well at the box office.
- Since You Went Away (1944) Colbert received her third and final Oscar nomination for this World War II drama romance. Anne Hilton’s (Colbert) husband has volunteered for the Army during the war.
- Midnight (1939) Most screwball comedies had truly whacky and unbelievable storylines; the ones that have become classics have done so usually through great dialogue, and delivery of that dialogue by masters of the genre.
- Imitation of Life (1934) A film ahead of its time, “Imitation of Life” is considered one of the most important films made about race, despite the writers’ battle with the censors over elements of miscegenation.
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Some of her popular TV shows include ‘The Best of Broadway ‘ (1954-1955), ‘Zane Grey Theater ‘ (1957-1960), ‘Frontier Justice’ (1959), and ‘The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987), for which she won a ‘Golden Globe’ and earned an ‘Emmy Award’ nomination.
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