It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night1934

Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 105 minutes

Director Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) took home every Oscar in the book (well, okay, all the major ones) for this seminal 1934 comedy starring Clark Gable as a hard-bitten reporter who stays close to a runaway heiress (Claudette Colber… more »



Peter:
Hey, where'd you learn to dunk? In finishing school?

Ellie:
Aw, now don't you start telling me I shouldn't dunk.

Peter:
Of course you shouldn't - you don't know how to do it. Dunking's an art. Don't let it soak so long. A dip and [he stuffs the donut in his mouth] plop, in your mouth. Let it hang there too long, it'll get soft and fall off. It's all a matter of timing. Aw, I oughta write a book about it.

Ellie:
[Laughing] Thanks, professor.

Peter:
Just goes to show you - twenty millions, and you don't know how to dunk.

Ellie:
Oh, I'd change places with a plumber's daughter any day.

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