It Happened One Night

Starring: Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert Director: Frank Capra

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - English
• Dolby Digital Mono 2.0 - Spanish

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentary  - 1. Frank Capra, Jr. - Director's Son
• Additional Audio Material - 1. Original Live Radio Broadcast
• Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
                2. Bonus Trailer - MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
                3. Bonus Trailer - LOST HORIZON

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Publicity
• Biographies - 1. Frank Capra
                      2. Clark Gable
                      3. Claudette Colbert

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Picture (1934)

Academy Awards - Best Actress (1934)

Academy Awards - Best Actor (1934)

Academy Awards - Best Director (1934)

Academy Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay (1934)

Description by OLDIES.com:

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert team up for laughs as mismatched lovers in this 1934 screwball comedy classic. Spoiled Ellie Andrews (Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father (Walter Connolly), who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work newsman (Gable). When their bus breaks down, the bickering couple set off on a madcap hitchhiking expedition. Peter hopes to parlay the inside story of their misadventures into a job. But complications fly when the runaway heiress and brash reporter fall in love. Directed by Frank Capra, It Happened One Night was the first movie to be honored with all five major Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Product Description:

A sparkling, legendary romantic comedy based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams about a news reporter and a runaway heiress who fall in love while traveling cross country on a bus. Academy Awards: 5, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Clark Gable, Best Actress--Claudette Colbert, Best Adapted Screenplay.

Plot Synopsis:

Winner of five Academy Awards, Frank Capra's celebrated romantic comedy stars movie legends Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
When Ellie Andrews, a millionaire's daughter, marries a man her father dislikes, the resulting family squabble sends the beautiful heiress into hiding. She travels across country by bus, a fugitive from high society. En route, she meets the man of her dreams: a sexy but brusque news correspondent who has just lost his job -- which unknown to Ellie, he hopes to recover by selling her story to his former boss. Together, Peter and Ellie have a series of hapless adventures and comic misunderstandings, leading them to the realization that they were made for each other.

Plot Keywords:

Classic | Comedy | Essential Cinema | On-The-Road | Recommended | Romance | Vintage

Production Notes:

• IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1993.
• Frank Capra read the story in "Cosmopolitan" magazine and bought the rights for $5,000. Clark Gable didn't initially want the role and Colbert was the fifth choice for the female lead. Budget: $325,000.
• Remakes: "You Can't Run Away from It" (Columbia 1934)
  "Eve Knew Her Apples" (Columbia 1945)

Cast and Crew: