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- The first film to accomplish the very rare feat of sweeping all five major Oscar categories (best picture, best actor, best actress, best director, and best screenplay), It Happened One Night is among the most gracefully constructed and edited films of the early sound era, packed with clever situations and gags that have entered the Hollywood comedy pantheon and featuring two actors at the top of their game, sparking with a chemistry that has never been bettered.
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In Frank Capra's acclaimed romantic comedy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Claudette Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit ...
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- Claudette Colbert
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If we’re delving into big-time Oscar winners, 1934’s It Happened One Night is the best next choice. It was the first film to sweep the Oscars, winning Best Picture, Director, Actor,...
It Happened One Night is one of the most entertaining films I have seen. Its entertainment value is entirely due to good acting and good directing, particularly to the latter. Full Review | Feb...
Our review: Parents say (2 ): Kids say (6 ): As fresh today as it was in 1934, this sharply written comedy is great fun from setup on through its lively, suspenseful final minutes. An instant hit in 1934, It Happened One Night was the first movie to win all five major Academy Awards.
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- Frank Capra
It Happened One Night is the first of only three films (along with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs) to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Feb 15, 2024 · 'It Happened One Night' remains a masterclass in screen comedy. A brisk 105-minute picture that moves with hurried performances by its leads, Riskin's spectacular mile-a-minute dialogue, and Capra's snappy direction.
Feb 8, 2013 · There few films as uniquely influential, or as uniquely wonderful, as Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night. It’s the roadtrip romantic comedy to end all, with two central performances that are iconic and a legacy that has reverberated though almost a century.