It Happened One Night

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert team up for laughs as mismatched lovers in this 1934 screwball comedy classic from Frank Capra, the perfect Valentine’s Day combination of unexpected romance and great filmmaking. Spoiled Ellie Andrews (Colbert) escapes from her millionaire father, who wants to stop her from marrying a worthless playboy. En route to New York, Ellie gets involved with an out-of-work newsman, Peter Warne (Gable), who sees her as a potential story to sell. When their bus breaks down, the bickering couple set off on a madcap hitchhiking expedition—one which made history as the first movie to win all five major Oscars: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.