It Happened One Night [Import anglais]

 

 

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Columbia Pictures Corporation presents "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" (1934) (105 min/B&W) -- Starring: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson

Directed by Frank Capra

Rebellious socialite Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) marries King Wesley (Jameson Thomas) but her wealthy father has it annulled. Tired of her father's (Walter Connolly) control, she runs away by diving off the family yacht in Miami and heading for New York. On the bus she meets street-smart reporter Peter Warne (Clark Gable). 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?
Claudette Colbert only accepted because Capra promised he would double her salary and she would be done in four weeks. She disliked the film so much she didn't even attend the Oscars; when she won for Best Actress she was found about to leave on a trip and was rushed to the ceremony, where she made her acceptance speech in a traveling suit.

Oscar Winners for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Clark Gable), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Claudette Colbert), Best Director
(Frank Capra), Best Picture (Columbia Pictures), Best Writing, Adaptation (Robert Riskin)

* Special Footnote: -- In 1996, Steven Spielberg anonymously purchased Clark Gable's Oscar to protect it from further commercial exploitation, gave it back to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, commenting that he could think of "no better sanctuary for Gable's only Oscar than the Motion Picture Academy". ** Claudette Colbert was so convinced that she would lose the Oscar to write-in nominee Bette Davis that she didn't attended the ceremony originally. She was summoned from a train station to pick up her Academy Award.

** Another Special Footnote: -- Robert Montgomery turned down the male lead, saying the script was the worst thing he had ever read. ** Myrna Loy turned down the role of Ellie Andrews because a recent film set on a bus had failed, and she didn't think that this one would succeed.

BIOS:
1. Frank Capra [aka: Francesco Rosario Capra] (Director)
Date of Birth: 18 May 1897 - Bisacquino, Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 3 September 1991 - La Quinta, California

2. Clark Gable
Date of birth: 1 February 1901 - Cadiz, Ohio,
Date of death: 16 November 1960 - Los Angeles, California

3. Claudette Colbert [aka: Emilie Claudette Chauchoin]
Date of Birth: 13 September 1903 - Saint-Mandé, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France
Date of Death: 30 July 1996 - Speightstown, Barbados

4. Walter Connolly
Date of Birth: 8 April 1887 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 28 May 1940 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

5. Roscoe Karns
Date of Birth: 7 September 1891 - San Bernardino, California
Date of Death: 6 February 1970 - Los Angeles, California

6. Jameson Thomas [aka: Thomas Jameson]
Date of Birth: 24 March 1888 - London, England, UK
Date of Death: 10 January 1939 - Sierra Madre, California

Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]

Total Time: 105 min on DVD ~ Columbia Pictures Corporation ~ (December 9, 2008)

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