Assessment: Highly successful and influential romantic comedy, the first to use buses and motels as background and still come up sparkling; it remains superlative in patches, but overall has a faded, dated air.
Significant production contributions: w Robert Riskin d Frank Capra
Significant performances: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
From the Film Guide:
Year: 1934
Guide
It Happened One Night
Notes:
That 'faded, dated air' finally proved significant, with the removal of a star in 7th Edition.
