"It Happened One Night" (1934)
"It Happened One Night" (1934)
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents: A Frank Capra Production
Rebellious socialite Ellie Andrews marries King Wesley but her wealthy father has it annulled. Tired of her father's control, she runs away by diving off in the family yacht in Miami and heading for New York. On the bus she meets street-smart reporter Peter Warne. They end up traveling together as Warne hopes to get a great story, and Ellie needs his worldly help. Nearing New York, with their many adventures coming to an end, they find that they are reluctantly in love and afraid to admit it to each other. After she mistakenly thinks that Warne has run out on her Ellie returns to King Wesley, but for how long?
Genre': Comedy, Romance
Release date: 22 February 1934 (USA)
Directed by: Frank Capra
Story by: Samuel Hopkins Adams
Screenwriters: Robert Riskin · Samuel Hopkins Adams
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Jameson Thomas, Roscoe Karns
Awards
- Best Picture
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Best Director
- Best Adapted Screenplay
