Professor Hamilton's Diary: May 2, 1935

He presides over an oratorical contest; 'It Happened One Night' returns to theaters

Professor Hamilton picked up his blue fountain pen again today and recorded his activities. He taught classes at Albright College in the morning and afternoon. “In the evening I presided over the Junior-Senior Oratorical Contest,” he wrote. “An interesting series of talks.”

The professor was not a movie-goer, but plenty of people in Reading were, and they turned out for a three-day return engagement of the Oscar-winning film It Happened One Night at the State Theater. Paid subscribers can read on about the film, which won all five major Academy Awards — best actress, best actor, best director, best picture and best adapted screenplay — a feat that would not be matched until One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975.

The poster from the movie was accessed through Wikimedia Commons.