IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT

Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert

Columbia Pictures; Directed by Frank Capra

Black and White; Not Rated; 105 minutes; 1934

An unhappy heiress (Claudette Colbert) falls for a news reporter (Clark Gable) she meets on a bus trip across America. Equal sense of screwball humor and depression America are skillfully intertwined in the film’s love story. The film dispensed with traditional studio sets to show the real America of buses, highways, and motels. One of the most popular comedies of the ‘30s and winner of five major Academy Awards®.

AWARDS

Winner of Five Academy Awards®

Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Actor