Symbols and Tropes
The Walls of Jericho
The most obvious and most frequently used symbol in the film is, of course, "the Walls of Jericho." By the end of It Happened One Night, all three of the movie's most important characters—Ellie,...
Food
The first thing we learn in It Happened One Night is that Ellie's "on hunger strike," and from there on out, the subject of food keeps coming up throughout the film. What's with all the donuts, cho...