IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, Frank Capra (1934) — 2nd CORRECTED LINK

Spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father to spirit her away on his yacht. After (literally) jumping ship, Ellie falls in with cynical newspaper reporter Peter Warne, who offers to help her reunite with her new husband in exchange for an exclusive story. But during their travels, the reporter finds himself falling for the feisty, occasionally clueless young heiress.

Directed by Frank Capra
Screenplay: Robert Riskin
Produced by Frank Capra and Harry Cohn
Starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable
Cinematography: Joseph Walker
Edited by Gene Havlick
Music by Howard Jackson and Louis Silvers
Release date: 22 February 1934
Running time: 1h 45m

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ACCOLADES!
It's hailed as a peak of screwball rom-com, even the progenitor of the genre.

To this day, IHON is one of only three films to win the "big five" Academy Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Picture. Not until One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975, followed by The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, was that feat matched.

American Film Institute rankings as follows ...
#8: 100 Funniest (2000)
#38: 100 Love Stories (2002)
#46: 100 Best Movies (2007)
#3: Top Ten Romantic Comedies (2008)

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