It happened one night / Columbia Pictures presents a Frank Capra Production.

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When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she's befriended by fellow passen...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures
Frank Capra Productions
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Capra, Frank, 1897-1991
Gable, Clark, 1901-1960
Colbert, Claudette
Connolly, Walter, 1887-1940
Karns, Roscoe, 1893-1970
Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958
Language:English
French
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Includes English and dubbed French language soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English, French, Japanese, Korean, or Portuguese.
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures ; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2008.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Library of Congress. > National Film Registry.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Road films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Comedy films.
Road films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 105 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
When her father threatens to annul her marriage to a fortune-hunting playboy, spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews hops a cross-country bus to New York, where she plans to live happily ever after with her handsome new hubby. Romantic complications soon arise, however, when she's befriended by fellow passenger Peter Warne, a brash and breezy reporter who offers his help in exhange for her exclusive story.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.
Based on the short story by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Special features: Frank Capra, Jr. remembers-- It happened one night; commentary by Frank Capra, Jr.; original live radio broadcast; vintage advertising gallery; original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CS1 D0102466 VideoDVD
PN1995.9.C55 I7 2008 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1934: Picture, Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Director.
National Film Registry.
ISBN:9781435937970
143593797X
Credits:Screenplay, Robert Riskin ; director, Frank Capra ; photographer, Joseph Walker; editor, Gene Havlick; music, Louis Silvers.
System Details:DVD; Dolby Digital. Full screen version.
Cast:
Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns.