It Happened One Night

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film romantic comedy film screwball comedy film

It Happened One Night is a classic 1934 romantic comedy film directed by Frank Capra, celebrated for its witty dialogue, influential screwball style, and Academy Award–winning performances by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.

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It Happened One Night canonical 34
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night 1

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instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
screwball comedy film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn Night Bus ⓘ
short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Ellie Andrews ⓘ
Peter Warne ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph Walker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Frank Capra ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Gene Havlick ⓘ
era Pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
famousScene bus sing-along of “The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze” ⓘ
hitchhiking leg-baring scene ⓘ
“Walls of Jericho” blanket scene ⓘ
genre romantic comedy ⓘ
screwball comedy ⓘ
hasIMDbId tt0025316 ⓘ
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surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Happened_One_Night
hasWittyDialogue true ⓘ
influenced screwball comedy genre ⓘ
musicBy Louis Silvers ⓘ
notableFact first film to win all five major Academy Awards ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
oscarSweep Big Five Academy Awards ⓘ
producer Frank Capra ⓘ
Harry Cohn ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1934 ⓘ
releaseYear 1934 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Riskin ⓘ
setIn Florida ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starring Alan Hale Sr. ⓘ
Clark Gable ⓘ
Claudette Colbert ⓘ
Jameson Thomas ⓘ
Roscoe Karns ⓘ
Walter Connolly ⓘ

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