starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas
directed by: Frank Capra
directed by: Frank Capra
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: SONY PICTURES HOME ENT
EAN: 9780767836609
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 076783660X
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Label: Sony Pictures
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD03949D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 28, 1999
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1934
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Director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) took home every Oscar in the book (well, okay, all the major ones) for this seminal 1934 comedy starring Clark Gable as a hard-bitten reporter who stays close to a runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) rather than lose a good story. Funny and sexy, the film is full of memorable scenes often referred to in other films, such as the "walls of Jericho" (a mere bedcover hung on a line down the middle of a room so opposite-sex roommates can get undressed), and Colbert's famous flash of thigh to stop a speeding car in its tracks. Capra's brisk, urbane brand of wit was a perfect complement to his populist faith in the common man (in this case, Gable's character), and that inspired combination makes this film both a spirited entertainment and an uplifting experience. --Tom Keogh
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- Famous scenes, road trip, witty dialogue: I'm Glad It HappenedIt Happened One Night is one of those timeless classic comedies you can go back to after watching. It is fitting that this film took home many Academy Awards, being that it has memorable scenes, two major stars who deliver (Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable), well-timed comedy and witty dialog, and, of course, a romantic edge between a mismatched couple. Being a Depression era movie, moviegoers could just sit back and enjoy a film with heart and laughs, and take a break from the economic problems of ... Read More
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- thepoetThe product came faster then I had expected. It was also brand new. There was a confusion of which DVD cover box I would get. But that's my only complant...would shop here again and again.
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- A Film That Does Not AgeI must be the only person who likes movies in the wide, wide world who had never seen this screw-ball comedy that was released in 1934 at the height of the Great Depression. Its stars, Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Actor. Its director Frank Capra took home Best Director. Colbert as Ellie Anderson, the spoiled rich girl with the pencil eyebrows, is perfect, as is Clark Gable, the gruff newspaper man Peter Warne with the pencil-thin moustache certainly. These ... Read More
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- Great classic movieWe bought this for our daughter for Christmas and so far she has watched a couple of times. Great for those Clark Gable fans.
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- Classic for all agesIt Happened One Night (1934) is a screwball comedy filmed during the depression; it stars Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. The film was directed by the (soon-to-be) infamous Frank Capra in black and white. Initially looked down upon by its two stars as a sure-flop, both would be surprised when the film swept the Academy Awards.
The film centers on two characters. Ellen "Ellie" Andrews (Colbert) tries to marry "King" Wesley against the wishes of her father before going on the ... Read More
