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In association with Amazon.com List Price: $19.98 Price: $2.48 You Save: $17.50 (88%)Prices subject to change. Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780800113056 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 0800113055 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Release Date: June 24, 1994 Running Time: 105 minutes Sales Rank: 1026 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: 1934 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) took home every Oscar in the book (well, okay, all the major ones) for this seminal 1934 comedy starring Clark Gable as a hard-bitten reporter who stays close to a runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) rather than lose a good story. Funny and sexy, the film is full of memorable scenes often referred to in other films, such as the "walls of Jericho" (a mere bedcover hung on a line down the middle of a room so opposite-sex roommates can get undressed), and Colbert's famous flash of thigh to stop a speeding car in its tracks. Capra's brisk, urbane brand of wit was a perfect complement to his populist faith in the common man (in this case, Gable's character), and that inspired combination makes this film both a spirited entertainment and an uplifting experience. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - A delightful comedy that won five OscarsTimes were hard in 1934 and this light hearted piece of nut cake hit the spot. It is one of the very few films that won all five of the big Oscars: Best Pictures, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay). All films follow certain standard storylines, but the best ones draw you into their story enough that you stop looking at how it fulfills the requirements of its plot. This one combines the duck out of water with a road picture and provides a nice touch of confused romance ... Read More Rating: - "Capra-Corn" at Its BestWhat to say about a movie like this? Claudette Colbert is adorable. Clark Gable is at his alpha-male finest. Frank Capra used his tried and true formula with humor to make one of the best romantic comedies of the 1930's. A rebellious rich girl, Ellie Andrews (Colbert), runs away from her rich father because of his opposition to her marriage to King Westley, not a monarch but an upper class snob that her father loathes. Who should she run into on a bus while fleeing than none other ... Read More Rating: - ClassicIt is a very rare thing when a light-hearted comedy, something that is quintessentially the stuff of a `good movie,' breaches into that territory where the term `good film' can also be applied, but Frank Capra's 1934 film It Happened One Night may be an exception. Today, most people know Capra solely for his rediscovered classic It's A Wonderful Life, made a dozen years later, but this film was his first stab at what most critics would label greatness. This is all the more interesting because the 1930s, ... Read More Rating: - WonderfulThis is one of those classics that everyone should see. There was a movie a few years ago that as I watched I saw a lot of the storyline from "It Happened One Night." Needless to say remakes are never as good as the originals. If you are a Gable fan you can't miss this one. It just never gets old. Rating: - Just keep your eye on that thumb. Ellie Andrews(Claudette Colbert) is running away(like she is so good at) from her rich father and on the way meets roughed-up newsman Peter Warne(Clark Gable). Similar to many films at the time, but this one stands the test of time better then most, the witty dialogue is still cunning and smart. Not to mention Claudette and Clark have brilliant chemistry, especially in the scene where they are forced to sleep in the middle of nowhere, both learning the other is not so disagreeable. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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