It Happened One Night
1934  NR  COMEDY  1h 45min
CAST— Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Alan Hale, Ward Bond
MUSIC— Howard Jackson, Louis Silvers  DIRECTOR— Frank Capra  BASED ON— Night Bus (story), by Samuel Hopkins Adams

     Classic romantic comedy involving the penny pinching road trip of a desperate heiress and an opportunistic newspaperman. She’s recently been married to a famous aviator, against her father’s wishes, and rather than have the marriage annulled, begins a journey to her husband, from Florida to New York, with her father hot on her heels. She uses the highways and byways, unwittingly pairing up with a hardened reporter who recognizes her from the national news, and he smells an exclusive. He helps her along her merry way, by hook or by crook, using buses, cars, or just good old fashioned “leg” work. They have a troubled relationship, but then again no romance is perfect. Another highly regarded film from the ‘30s, another big time Oscar-winner, winning for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Clark Gable), Best Actress (Claudette Colbert), and Best Screenplay. Deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry.
OUR RATING— ** ½