Movie Review #7 - It Happened One Night

                     It Happened One Night (1934)

Director: Frank Capra

Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert,

Running Time: 105 minutes

Production Co.: Columbia Pictures

Academy Award Nominations:

Best Picture      WON

Best Director     WON

Best Actor - Clark Gable       WON
Best Actress - Claudette Colbert     WON
Best Writing     WON

Spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Colbert) disobeys her fathers orders by jumping ship. She must find her way back to her husband. She accepts help from Peter Warne (Gable)...reluctantly. Either she sticks with him or he blows the whole scoop to the nation. He gets what he wants...a juicy story for the papers. But he gets something else. Features the famous scene where Claudette Colbert stops a car by lifting up her skirt and showing her leg.

                                                                  The first movie to win all five "major" Academy Awards. Considered to be the first great screwball comedy, this one is on my top 5 of screwball comedies. A funny story involves Gable, who was being punished for refusing parts. He was sent to Columbia, the lower studio as punishment. He would win the oscar for It Happened One Night. Clark Gable shines as the tough-on-the-outside guy with the soft interior.  This was the film that made me a fan of Claudette Colbert. Directed by Frank Capra who is one of my favorite directors. This movie has laughs (loads of them). My favorite scene is where Gable yells at Colbert as part of a disguise. It a hilarious scene that will make your sides hurt. Also an interesting note: this movie featured Clark Gable, not wearing a shirt. The next day shirt sales plummeted.

I definately, highly, and definately recommend this!