It Happened One Night is a 1934 American comedy film with elements of screwball comedydirected by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). The plot was based on the story Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which provided the shooting title. It Happened One Night was one of the last film romantic comedies created before the MPAAbegan enforcing the 1930 production code in 1934. In spite of its title the movie takes place over several nights and none is particularly key to the plot.
The film was the first to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay), a feat that would not be matched until One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and later by The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In 1993, It Happened One Night was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congressas being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." It was remade as a 1956 musicalcomedy, You Can't Run Away from It, starring Jack Lemmon and June Allyson. (wiki)
