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 »



Ellie:
I'm hungry and - scared.

Peter:
You can't be hungry and scared both at the same time.

Ellie:
Well, I am.

Peter:
If you're scared, it scares the hunger out of ya.

Ellie:
Not if you're more hungry than scared.

Peter:
All right, you win. Let's forget about it.

Ellie:
I can't forget it. I'm still hungry.

Peter:
Holy Smoke! Why did I ever get mixed up with you? If I had any sense, I'd be in New York by this time.

Ellie:
What about your story?

Peter:
Taking a married woman back to her husband. Hmm, mmm. I turned out to be the prize sucker. All right, come on. Your bed's all ready.

Ellie:
I'll get my clothes all wrinkled.

Peter:
Then take 'em off.

Ellie:
What!?

Peter:
All right, don't take 'em off. Do whatever you please, but shut up about it. [He walks off]

Ellie:
You're becoming awful disagreeable lately. You just snap my head off every time I open my mouth. If being with me is so distasteful to you, you can leave. You can leave anytime you see fit. Nobody's holding you here. I can get along.

[Noticing he is gone, she screams out his name, then hugs him when he returns. He kisses her and gives her his coat]

Ellie:
What are you thinking about?

Peter:
By a strange coincidence, I was thinking of you.

Ellie:
Really?

Peter:
Yeah. I was just wondering what makes dames like you so dizzy.

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