{"id":29648,"date":"2017-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-gordon-center-presents-free-screening-of-it-happened-one-night\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T02:29:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T02:29:06","slug":"tarletons-gordon-center-presents-free-screening-of-it-happened-one-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-gordon-center-presents-free-screening-of-it-happened-one-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton&#8217;s Gordon Center presents free screening of &#8216;It Happened One Night&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-300x231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Night at the Opera House\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-1024x787.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-520x400.jpg 520w, http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-768x590.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-1536x1180.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784-1568x1205.jpg 1568w, http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1784.jpg 1797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" style=\"width:100%;height:76.85%;max-width:1797px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Night at the Opera House<\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>Tuesday, April 18, 2017<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas&mdash;Tarleton State University&rsquo;s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas presents a free screening of the 1934 classic &ldquo;It Happened One Night&rdquo; as part of a Night at the Opera House set for Saturday, April 29.<\/p>\n<p>The screening begins at 6:30 p.m. in the museum&rsquo;s theater in the historic ghost town of Thurber. Free refreshments will be served at intermission.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Columbia Pictures and directed by Frank Capra, the romantic comedy stars Claudette Colbert, a pampered socialite who tries to get out from under her father&rsquo;s thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter&mdash;played by Clark Gable&mdash;on a madcap cross-country tour. The plot is based on the 1933 short story &ldquo;Night Bus&rdquo; by Samuel Hopkins Adams.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It Happened One Night&rdquo; was the first film to win all five Academy Awards&mdash;best picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. The movie is included in the U.S. National Film Registry.<\/p>\n<p>Seating for the upcoming Night at the Opera House is limited. Reservations are encouraged. Call 254-968-1886 or email <a href=\"mailto:gordoncenter@tarleton.edu\">gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a> to save your spot.<\/p>\n<p>The W.K. Gordon Center, a Tarleton museum and research facility, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The center is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\">www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a> or the museum&rsquo;s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow&rsquo;s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n<p>#<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Mary Adams, Museum Educator \/ Facilities Manager<br \/>254-968-1886<br \/><a href=\"mailto:mkadams@tarleton.edu\">mkadams@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University&rsquo;s W.K. 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