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It Happened One Night is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable).
A runaway heiress and a rogue reporter fall in love on a bus trip in this classic screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra. The film won five Oscars, including Best Picture, and features Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as the lead stars.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Frank Capra
- 1934-02-22
In Frank Capra's acclaimed romantic comedy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit ...
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- Claudette Colbert
- Frank Capra
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
Nov 12, 2013 · The minute "It Happened One Night" is brought up, a handful of old chestnuts gets inevitably evoked: its classic status as the ultimate romantic comedy, its Oscar Crown glory and its contribution to the alleged demise of undershirt sales in the U.S. (did anyone ever fact-check that one, by the way?).
It Happened One Night begins with a rich heiress named Ellie Andrews sequestered by her father on his yacht, disapproving of her marriage to a famous aviator named King Westley. After an argument, she escapes the yacht and swims away.
A classic romantic comedy from Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, who won Oscars for their roles. The film follows their road trip together as a runaway socialite and a reporter who falls in love.
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It Happened One Night - (Original Trailer) A newspaperman (Clark Gable) tracks a runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) on a madcap cross-country tour in It Happened One Night (1934), directed by Frank Capra.
