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It Happened One Night (1934)

Unrated | | Comedy, Romance | 23 February 1934 (USA)
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A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story.

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Storyline

Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. Actually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>

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23 February 1934 (USA)  »

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Night Bus  »

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$325,000 (estimated)
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(Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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While shooting the scene where he undresses, Clark Gable had trouble removing his undershirt while keeping his humorous flow going and took too long. As a result, the undershirt was abandoned altogether. It then became cool to not wear an undershirt, which resulted in a large drop in undershirt sales around the country. Legend has it that in response, some underwear manufacturers tried to sue Columbia. See more »

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Oscar Shapeley: Believe you me!
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Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
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from "Lohengrin"
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One of the funniest movies in history
12 August 2004 | by (Chicago, Illinois) – See all my reviews

In my college film class we had begun watching "It happened one night". I was laughing my head off. But of course my professor stops the movie right when it was getting good. After that, I wanted to see this movie so badly. My father lucky enough had the movie. I watched it and it is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Clark Gable is histerical. He really does a great job in the film. I always did prefer the old comedies to today. Do you blame me? If you watch the flick, you will enjoy it. This is one of the first romantic comedies. It'll send all the others to the back of the bus. I would higly recommend this movie. It's a classic.

10/10


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