It Happened One Night [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray] [1934]

I was pleased with the quality of the DVD and loved the storyline. It's a great romantic comedy and road trip rolled into one, with great chemistry between stars Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable, performing at the top of their game.

This Best Picture Oscar winner of 1934 is a classic Frank Capra screwball romantic comedy well written with pre-war humor and pre-code high-jinx with 2 of the top actors of the day (Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert). It is about a spoiled heiress (Colbert) who runs away from her domineering father only to fall for what the father had warned her about, played excellently by a worldly rough newspaper reporter (Gable). It is only one of 3 films that won all five of the top Oscars. Beautifully restored in 2013, this film remains a most have for film collectors.

It is one of those movies you can watch over and over and never get tired of it

This movie still holds up and criterion did a great job. Looks great.

I love this movie. A great addition to my DVD collection for a bargain price.

This is a great movie for girls night or date night or any time you want to watch a sweet love story. It's funny, has a good plot and great actors.

It's amazing that this movie doesn't feel dated. It's 75 years old. Sure, some of the details are old fashioned but the movie remains as fresh as ever. The chemistry between Colbert and Gable is extraordinary. The Plot: Rich girl, Ellie Andrews, married a musician King Wesley on a whim. Before the marriage could be consummated, her overprotective father whisked her away. As the movie opens, she jumps from her father's yacht to return to her husband. On a bus she meets recently unemployed reporter, Peter Warne. He recognizes her and offers to help reunite her with King Wesley in return for an exclusive story. Of course they fall in love. Of course they are almost separated because of a misunderstanding. And, of course, they end up together. Milestones: The first "road" picture. Possibly the first screwball comedy. Clark Gable's only Oscar. (He didn't win for Gone with the Wind) The first picture to win the top 5 Academy Awards -- picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. Forty-one years later, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was the second picture to sweep the top awards (although Louise Fletcher really should have been in the supporting actress category.) Silence of the Lambs (1991) is the only other film to achieve this. It Happened One Night deserves all the accolades it has received and you'll be enchanted right up to the moment the walls of Jericho fall.

Wonderful and enchanting movie. 1934 winner of 5 academy awards including best picture, Actor, Actress, Director and screenplay. Funny comedy/love story.