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It is seen as one of the greatest films ever made. It Happened One Night is the first of only three films (along with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs) to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
It Happened One Night: Directed by Frank Capra. With Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns. A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
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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 · "It Happened One Night" is a deeply Emersonian movie, and—by extension—a deeply American one. King Westley is a faintly British, aristocratic milquetoast: even his skills as a pilot don’t lend him any virility and instead are presented as a mere fad that Peter looks down upon.
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A newspaperman tracks a runaway heiress on a madcap cross-country tour. Cast & Crew. Read More. Frank Capra. Director. Clark Gable. Peter [Warne] Claudette Colbert. Ellie [Andrews] Walter Connolly. [Alexander] Andrews. Roscoe Karns. [Oscar] Shapeley. Jameson Thomas.
- Frank Capra, C. C. Coleman
- Clark Gable
Jun 28, 2022 · 27K views 1 year ago. Legendary classic movie for the fact it is the first in history to win the 5 major oscars: Picture, Director (Capra), Actress, Actor, Screenplay. Nearly helpless heiress ...
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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.
