It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night (1934)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Video 8

Photo 74

Actors and characters

Release date

1934-02-22

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Budget

$325 000

Revenue

$4 500 000

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Director

Frank Capra

Actors

Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson, Ernie Adams
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Frank Capra, Harry Cohn

Operator

Joseph Walker

Composer

Howard Jackson

Artist

Audition

Editing

Gene Havlick
All team (15)

• The role of Ellie was initially offered to Myrna Loy, Constance Bennett, Margaret Sullavan, and Miriam Hopkins. When they all declined, Frank Capra suggested Claudette Colbert for the part. She agreed, on the condition that her fee be doubled and filming last no more than a month.
• Claudette Colbert wears only four costumes in the film: a travel suit, a shirt, Peter's pajamas, and a wedding dress.
• Robert Montgomery refused an offer to play Peter Warne, as he found the script terrible.
• Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert were not under contract with Columbia Pictures. The studio borrowed them from MGM and Paramount Pictures, respectively.
• In one scene of the film, Gable takes off his shirt and there is no undershirt underneath—only Clark's bare torso. This scene made such a strong impression on audiences that manufacturers of underwear soon surprisingly noticed a sharp decline in demand for undershirts—they simply went out of fashion.