It Happened One Night

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) - Sept. 29, 2004
Clark Gable is excellent in this romantic comedy, an early entry in the "lots of stuff happening in a short amount of time" genre. Claudette Colbert was also really good as the spoiled daughter of a millionaire who runs away from her father. Wackiness ensues as she and Clark Gable try to get to New York, and of course fall in love in the process (after much bickering). My biggest complaint would be that the part at the end where there's a misunderstanding and it seems like they might not get together was ridiculously long (around 25 minutes). The movie remained entertaining, but this section was definitely longer than it needed to be. The movie was also actually surprisingly funny -- I particularly liked the part where Clark Gable gave Colbert an extended lesson on hitchhiking. ***