#736: CAPRA, Frank: It Happened One Night (1934)
CAPRA, Frank (United States)
It Happened One Night [1934]
Spine #736
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
Opposites attract with magnetic force in this romantic road-trip delight from Frank Capra, about a spoiled runaway socialite (Claudette Colbert) and a roguish man-of-the-people reporter (Clark Gable) who is determined to get the scoop on her scandalous disappearance. 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, speaking with a chemistry that has never been bettered.
105 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2014
Director/Writer
Based on a short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Screenplay by Robert Riskin.
Frank Capra was 37 when he directed It Happened One Night.
Other Capra films in the Collection:
#1153: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Film
#1153: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Eight-page panel foldout featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Commentary
None.
Screwball Comedy?
A conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate.
Interview
With Frank Capra Jr. from 1999.
Frank Capra’s American Dream
A 1997 feature-length documentary about the director’s life and career.
Digital transfer
Of Capra’s first film, the 1921 silent short Fultah Fisher’s Boarding House, with a new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
American Film Institute
Tribute to Capra from 1982.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Eight-page panel foldout featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme.
Commentary
None.
Screwball Comedy?
A conversation between critics Molly Haskell and Phillip Lopate.
Interview
With Frank Capra Jr. from 1999.
Frank Capra’s American Dream
A 1997 feature-length documentary about the director’s life and career.
Digital transfer
Of Capra’s first film, the 1921 silent short Fultah Fisher’s Boarding House, with a new score composed and performed by Donald Sosin.
American Film Institute
Tribute to Capra from 1982.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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