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It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

Frank Capra, 1934

Spine #736

Picked by 2 guests

Comedy / Romance

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by Frank Capra

Written by Robert Riskin

Cinematography Joseph Walker

Edited by Gene Havlick

Cast Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici

Picked by

Alicia Silverstone

“Okay, this one. This movie, It Happened One Night. I love this movie. It’s so lovely. Benicio del Toro introduced me to this. We watched it on his little couch. Performances, the dialogue, everything about it. This is a wonderful film.”

Zoe Kazan

“It Happened One Night. Watching this film with my parents is one of my earliest childhood memories, and the image of Claudette Colbert jumping off of the yacht is, like, one of the first things I remembered. And then they rented it again, probably, like, eight years later when I was, like, ten or something, and it was like that meme of Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the screen, I was like, “Oh! That’s what that’s from.” Anyways, it’s just delightful and I love a romantic comedy, so.”