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 puts Ellie over his shoulder so he can carry her across a creek]

Ellie:
You know this is the first time in years I've ridden piggy-back.

Peter:
This isn't piggy-back.

Ellie:
Course it is.

Peter:
You're crazy.

Ellie:
I remember distinctly my father taking me for a piggy-back ride.

Peter:
And he carried you like this I suppose.

Ellie:
Yes.

Peter:
Your father didn't know beans about piggy-back riding.

Ellie:
My uncle, mother's brother, has four children and I've seen them ride piggy-back.

Peter:
I'll bet there isn't a good piggy-back rider in your whole family. I never knew a rich man yet who could piggy-back ride.

Ellie:
You're prejudiced.

Peter:
You show me a good piggy-backer and I'll show you a real human. Now you take Abraham Lincoln for instance. A natural born piggy-backer. Where do you get all of that stuffed-shirts family of yours?

Ellie:
My father was a great piggy-backer.

[He slaps her behind for that remark]

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