Wednesday, October 29, 2008

#90. It Happend One Night (1934)


Director: Frank Capra
Screenplay: Robert Riskin (Based on the short story by Samual Hopkins Adams)
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolley, Rosco Karns, Jameson Thomas

Quote: "I'll stop a car and I won't use my thumb!"

The first romantic comedy to win Best Picture is the story of reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable) who gets mixed up with socialite and heir Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) when she runs away from home and they bump into each other on the night bus. But as she thinks they're getting closer as friends, what she doesn't know that he's just cooking up a story about her and her upcoming wedding to a rich tycoon. But the unexpected happens (Fine. It's a bit expected), they fall in love. Gable and Colbert both won Oscar for their heartfelt roles that they didn't even want to accept to do at first.

OSCAR winner for Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Clark Gable), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Barbra Streisand), Best Director (Frank Capra) & Best Adapted Screenplay

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