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The screwball romantic comedy It Happened One Night stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert as two very different people who meet by chance and fall in love. The film received five Academy Awards and in 1998, was named one of the 100 Greatest American Movies by the American Film Institute.Yahoo! Movies: It Happened One Night Awards and Nominations
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Fast Facts
- Release date: February 22, 1934
- Director: Frank Capra
- Screenwriter: Robert Riskin
- Producer: Harry Cohn
- Distributor: Columbia Pictures
- MPAA rating: Not Rated
- Run time: 105 minutes
- Based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Production budget: $325,000 Box Office Mojo: It Happened One Night
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Plot Summary
Spoiled rich girl Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) is engaged to marry a millionaire playboy, but her father is against the marriage, so he holds her hostage aboard his yacht. Ellie escapes and boards a bus headed to New York City. On the bus, she is forced to share a seat with gruff, heavy-drinking reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable). Although the two immediately dislike each other, Ellie convinces Peter to help her get to New York with the promise of an exclusive story that could help rejuvenate his career. After missing their bus, the two embark on a hitchhiking adventure across the United States, during which their mutual dislike for one another evolves into love. -
Cast
- Clark Gable: Peter Warne
- Claudette Colbert: Ellie Andrews
- Walter Connolly: Alexander Andrews
- Roscoe Karns: Oscar Shapeley
- Jameson Thomas: King Westley
- Alan Hale: Danker
- Arthur Hoyt: Zeke
- Blanche Friderici: Zeke's wife
- Charles C. Wilson: Joe Gordon
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Academy Awards (1934)
- Best Actor (Clark Gable)
- Best Actress (Claudette Colbert)
- Best Director (Frank Capra)
- Best Adapted Screenplay (Robert Riskin)
- Best PictureYahoo! Movies: It Happened One Night Awards and Nominations
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So much happened in one night . I saw the article on allkpop o.o It better be true ! Sorry , the boycott for me continues till Jay returns
@onederbang | November 10, 2009 01:19 AM -
@b_rockz89 LOL, yea I just happened to catch it in the midst of a marathon one night.
@PrinceCortez | November 10, 2009 01:12 AM -
somebody supports my guess- "It Happened One Night" and "Roman Holiday" are similar. http://tinyurl.com/y9c9dbt
@caseyang | November 09, 2009 11:40 PM -
Watched an old movie *That Happened One Night*. Is it kind of similar with Roman Holiday? I mean the basic story...
@caseyang | November 09, 2009 11:35 PM -
@DreaGeisler: haha it was ok~ what happened to you...? one word to describe the night "WASTED!"
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