"It Happened One Night" is a classic film from Columbia Pictures and it won a ton of awards on Oscar night. Six years later, RKO remade the film...and changed a few details so they could CLAIM it wasn't a copy of the other studio's work. But in most ways, if not every way, this reworking of the classic film is inferior...but still a lot of fun.
In "It Happened One Night", a rich heiress runs away from a marriage and hooks up with a 'nice guy' who helps her during her cross-country escape...though he's a reporter and he hopes to get the inside story on her disappearance. And, predictably, in the end they fall apart.
In "Cross-Country Romance", rich heiress Diane North (Wendy Barrie) runs away on her wedding day. She hooks up with a nice doctor (Gene Raymond) who agrees to help her on her cross-country escape, though in reality he has no idea who this woman really is. And, predictably, by the end they fall in love!!
As I said, the films are VERY similar...though at least this reworking is fun and enjoyable. However, if you only see one of the two films, DEFINITELY make it "It Happened One Night"...it's a true classic...whereas this B-movie isn't.
By the way, I loved the line Barrie blurted out..."I'm an American citizen...I know my rights!". As of 1940, Ms. Barrie was NOT a US citizen and only earned her citizenship a few years later.
Also, if you care, at the very end of the film, on the ship is a handsome officer played by Alan Ladd...who was, at the time, completely unknown.
In "It Happened One Night", a rich heiress runs away from a marriage and hooks up with a 'nice guy' who helps her during her cross-country escape...though he's a reporter and he hopes to get the inside story on her disappearance. And, predictably, in the end they fall apart.
In "Cross-Country Romance", rich heiress Diane North (Wendy Barrie) runs away on her wedding day. She hooks up with a nice doctor (Gene Raymond) who agrees to help her on her cross-country escape, though in reality he has no idea who this woman really is. And, predictably, by the end they fall in love!!
As I said, the films are VERY similar...though at least this reworking is fun and enjoyable. However, if you only see one of the two films, DEFINITELY make it "It Happened One Night"...it's a true classic...whereas this B-movie isn't.
By the way, I loved the line Barrie blurted out..."I'm an American citizen...I know my rights!". As of 1940, Ms. Barrie was NOT a US citizen and only earned her citizenship a few years later.
Also, if you care, at the very end of the film, on the ship is a handsome officer played by Alan Ladd...who was, at the time, completely unknown.