Question

In “it happened one night,” what did Clark Gable eating on the side of the road while waiting to “hitch” a ride?

Answer 1

Answer:

It Happened One Night is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). The plot is based on the August 1933 short story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams, which provided the shooting title. Classified as a "pre-Code" production, the film is among the last romantic comedies created before the MPPDA began rigidly enforcing the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code in July 1934. It Happened One Night was released just four months prior to that enforcement.[4]

It Happened One Night

Original theatrical release poster

Directed by

Frank Capra

Produced by

Frank Capra

Harry Cohn

Screenplay by

Robert Riskin

Story by

Samuel Hopkins Adams

Based on

"Night Bus"

by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Starring

Clark Gable

Claudette Colbert

Music by

Howard Jackson

Louis Silvers

Cinematography

Joseph Walker

Edited by

Gene Havlick

Distributed by

Columbia Pictures

Release date

February 22, 1934

Running time

105 minutes[1]

Country

United States

Language

English

Budget

$325,000[2]

Box office

$2,500,000[3]

$2,000,000 (theatrical rentals)

It Happened One Night is the first of only three films (along with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs) to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In 1993, It Happened One Night was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress, being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." [5][6] In 2013, the film underwent an extensive restoration by Sony Pictures.[7][8]