“It Happened” at the Movies

I recently saw Sex and the City 2 and imagine my surprise to see Clark on the big screen with Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker–I literally almost choked on my popcorn! “Carrie” and “Big” are in bed in their hotel room trying to find something to watch on TV. Big changes the channel and, lo and behold, It Happened One Night appears– the famous hitch hiking scene. He exclaims, “Here we go!” Carrie seems uninterested but comments that Claudette Colbert is pretty. Big tells her what a classic the film is and she says, “Oh, so you saw it when it was originally released?” The scene ends with them snuggling in bed watching the movie together.

Then, towards the end of the film, Carrie puts her new classic movie knowledge to good use when she can’t hail a cab so she pulls up her skirt and sticks out a shapely leg–Ellie Andrews style. And of course, she gets her cab.

It Happened One Night seems to be popping up everywhere these days. It was featured at the end of Changeling with Angelina Jolie and characters on the teen drama “90210” watched and discussed it in a recent episode. Proof that it is indeed timeless.

 And that a well-toned leg will stop traffic in any decade.

 Lots of new pictures in the gallery