Gimme Three Podcast - A Series For Cinephiles

63 - Claudette Colbert Films

Nicholas Ybarra & Bella Efstratis Episode 64

Today's episode spotlights Claudette Colbert, a genuine icon of cinema. Colbert's career traversed multiple eras in Hollywood: the Silent Era, the Pre-Code Era, and the Golden Age. 


  • To kick it off, we discuss what is widely considered one the of all-time greats, It Happened One Night. Claudette Colbert co-stars opposite Clark Gable in this genre-defining classic. 
  • Next, Claudette Colbert sinks her teeth into the 1939 screwball comedy, Midnight.
  • Finally, Colbert co-starred with Louise Beavers in Imitation of Life, a 1934 film that explored race and identity. 


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