It Happened One Night

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One of only three films to win the Academy Awards' 'big five' (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay), 'It Happened One Night' is a pioneering, early romantic-comedy starring Hollywood royalty, Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, at the top of their game.

A spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews (Colbert) impetuously marries the scheming King Westley, leading her tycoon father (Walter Connolly) to spirit her away on his yacht. After jumping ship, Ellie falls in with cynical newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Gable), 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 young heiress.