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It Happened One Night (1934) (Patreon)

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2025-08-22 12:00:16
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#46 on the AFI List and a wonderful film! I was taken completely by surprise going into this one blind and not being familiar with anyone other than Frank Capra! I absolutely loved this gem of a film, and I am so excited to share this one with you all!

Enjoy!

xx

ames

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It Happened One Night (1934)

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Flounder

Have you seen “what’s up doc?” With Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’Neal? It is a (must see) comedy from the 70’s with a similar vibe. It is really funny.

RFK Fan

Right?? Cant go wrong with Frank Capra. And I know you're now a bonafide Jimmy Stewart fan since your first 'Wonderful Life' viewing. Check out MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON. It was the last film Stewart did with Capra before enlisting in the Air Force and you'll be happy to discover half the cast of Wonderful Life in it. You could make a good argument that THIS film is Stewarts and Capra's best...

Toc

Gaaaaa, just got home! So looking forward to this one!

Alex Ch

It’s crazy that Clark Gable’s performance was so iconic that it inspired the creation of Bugs Bunny - and that Bugs imitating the eating of the carrot in the thumbnail convinced our entire society that rabbits are obsessed with carrots.

Marshmallow Venom (실리콘 밸리)

I was away for a few days and didn't know this was coming up. But boy am I happy to see it! It's so good, so Capraesque (a real word! Also check out Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It With You and Arsenic and Old Lace) and the performances are great! Also, Gable's career is filled with great movies, though I cannot watch Gone With The Wind anymore.

JM63

$10,000 in 1934 is about $200,000 today. And the $10 Peter gives to the kid is like $200 today. For movies of the 30s and 40s, use the 20x rule for a ballpark estimate.

Gardner von Holt

three to catch for other views of Clark Gable: Red Dust (1932- Jean Harlow and Mary Astor!), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

Toc

Oh my god, this has got to be one of the best reactions ever. Of any movie! I think you said once you're going to eventually edit your AFI reactions; this one is definitely for the shortlist! I stood up and applauded! The outro was fantastic. Every second was fantastic. Although I've seen this movie a bunch, it was great rewatching and being reminded just how perfect of a movie it was. Clark Gable? "Mutiny On The Bounty", holy smokes. Another perfect movie. And "San Francisco", the first disaster film, so good, really holds up. Both of those. And then his last movie is also Marilyn Monroe's last movie: "The Misfits". They both died right after they shot it. Fantastic. (And then of course on the AFI you'll be seeing him again once, lol). And Claudette Colbert.....she was the best "Cleopatra" (the 30s version)!

Clay F

I like how the movie depicts her out among normal people and places. I like how they were traveling across states in a bus during The Great Depression and interacting w/normal people, and not staying in fancy places. I would think the audience liked that, even if some in audience wanting to temporarily escape harsh realities of the time in going to the theater. I like the two leads -- their charisma and acting. Their chemistry came across. Also, to me, they not as much what I call 'overacting' (like stage performers) that seems more common in movies of that time. Amazing to see such a heartfelt rom-com type movie from almost 100 years ago. Like you, I thought movie more grounded than slapstick. I think I have read that this was a pre-code movie but Capra was trying to satisfy Code that would soon go into effect. Apparently, the Clark Gable shirtless scene was considered shocking? The trumpet playing and the blanket falling at the end a nice touch. "The walls of Jericho are toppling." On my 1st watch, I thought Peter too harsh at times on Ellie, but that wasn't as big a distraction for me this 2nd watch. Also, on my first watch, the no embrace at the end of the movie seemed weird (empty). I didn't want to leave it to my imagination. Didn't even have to be a kiss -- could have been a hug or looking into each other's eyes, or simply being in each other's presence. Yet, the end no embrace didn't bother me this 2nd watch. I fine w/the no depicted embrace at end.

Anonymous Groucho

This movie is actually pre-Hays Code by about four months. (At least in terms of its enforcement.)

John A

Great movie only my 2nd time watching it. Claudette Colbert is also great in "The Egg and I" (1947) and "Imitation of Life" (1934) Clark Gable is also great in as mentioned "Mutiny on The Bounty" (1935), "San Francisco" (1936) Both appear in the movie "Boom Town" (1940) This is my favorite Frank Capra movie, which it did win Best Picture that year. But also love more of Frank Capra's movie: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Meet John Doe (1941) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) You Can't Take it with you (1938) Lost Horizon (1937) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Marshmallow Venom (실리콘 밸리)

I'm late to the party, so I'm sure this has been covered, but the trumpet is a reference to the story of Joshua in the Old Testament, where the Israelites marched around the city of Jericho for six days, and then on the seventh day, priests blew horns and the walls of Jericho fell. Now, to more pragmatic things: great reaction! I'm so glad you're able to put movies in historical perspective. A lot of people would get hung up on things like Gable saying he would break Colbert's neck. But audiences at the time knew he wasn't being serious and was just lashing out after being frustrated. Why? At the time, it was generally accepted that the role of the man was to be the provider and protector and the woman was the nurturer, especially for children. When I was a little boy, in the late 60's, my mom told me that the husband provided the house and the wife turned it into a home. Old fashioned today, but widely accepted at the time, and I'm glad you put that into perspective. So when Peter wasn't able to feed Ellie, or recover her bag, or put her up in a decent hotel (his speeches are at least in part, covering for his own circumstances - he may not need to stay at the Four Seasons, but he would rather put Ellie up in a place with shower on the inside), his frustration peaked and he lost it. Also, and this is rom-com standard, the couple has to deny their feelings past the point of reason. For extreme examples of this, see almost any Korean drama series on Netflix. Next: my favorite line of yours was "that guy looks like Jafar compared to Peter." Loved that! A few other things: the puttering of the car - I hadn't thought about it before, but when you mentioned it, it made me wonder if the scene where Ben's car runs out of gas in The Graduate is an homage. The kid and his mother in the bus: were they con artists? It was still the Depression; things like that were not exactly uncommon. The movie itself is one of the great rom-coms ever, and I think the first to really establish themes that survive to this day: enemies to lovers, a road trip, misunderstandings aplenty and it all works out in the end. To sum it up, I'm so glad you're loving these wonderful movies and I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more of them in the months to come. Oh! P.S. - the driver that picked them up when they were hitchhiking was Alan Hale. His son, Alan Hale Jr., played "The Skipper" on Gilligan's Island. They looked spookily alike.

Michael T

Ames, I *really* admire your commitment to discovering what the full AFI list has in store for you. Not many reactors are as dedicated as you are. At some point, if you are as interested in film history and cinematic artistry as it appears, I hope you will also look beyond just American movies and see what the rest of the world can offer. You shouldn't miss out on the amazing work of directors like Mizoguchi, Godard, Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa, Melville, Lang, Renoir, Ozu, Kalatozov, Murnau, Demy, Clouzot, Satyajit Ray, von Sternberg, Eisenstein, and more. It will be so much fun!

AJ

Enjoyed this movie. If you like modern rom coms you'll for sure like this. Don't let the 1934 scare you away.

Michael T

I'm really glad you liked this one so much, Ames. It's definitely one of my all-time favorites — and you're right that the chemistry between the two leads just explodes off the screen. Also, you mentioned in your reaction how beautiful so many of the shots were. That's mostly the work of the great Joseph Walker, who served as cinematographer for many of Frank Capra's best films and who also shot several classics by Howard Hawks, as well as a lot of other top Hollywood directors. Any time you see something Joe Walker worked on, you're in for a visual treat.