It Happened One Night

Media:	DVD
Directed by:	Frank Capra
Starring:	Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
Release date:	28 December, 1999
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It Happened One Night

Average rating: Stars

Classically Good

This movie is wonderful. I never thought that a comedy from the 1930's would still be funny decades later. Clark Gable is a great actor and really makes the movie what it is. I would recommend this movie to all!

It Happened One Night - Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert

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Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert - It Happened One Night

Well deserved Oscars

Clark Gabel and Claudette Colbert won oscars for their portrayals of a couple brought togther on a bus. A young society girl (Colbert) attempts to flee from her contolling father and is assisted by a newspaper reporter (Gabel). Additionally, the movie won the best picture award. I believe this was the first clean sweep in the history of the academy awards. In this well made romantic comedy, Colbert, although a spoiled society girl, has spunk in getting away from her father and she shows lots of charm. There have been many romatic comedies filmed since (and Meg Ryan seems to be in half of them). If these latest efforts seem to rely on a formula, it's because "It Happened One Night" set the standard for the others to follow.

If you are very observant, you will see a very familiar face in the movie. There is the famous hitch hiking scene in which Colbert shows Gabel how to stop a car. When they get picked up, the driver who stops for them looks so darn familiar. If you look long enough you would exclaim, "I know who that is, it's the skipper in Gilligan's Island!" Well, you would be wrong since this movie is about three decades before Alan Hale Jr. portrayed that role. You get three guesses who it was driving the car ... one ... two ... three. OK, the answer is that the driver is portrayed by Alan Hale Sr. That's right, father and son are absolute dead ringers for each other in appearance, mannerisms and the way they talk.

This oscar winning movie is an absolute delight. Maybe most romantic comedies have become trite, but for this, the original, the Academy Award is well deserved