It Happened One Night (1934)

Note Générale:

8,3/10   

Réalisateur:

Frank Capra

Scénaristes:

Robert Riskin (screenplay)
Samuel Hopkins Adams (short story)

Date de sortie:

23 février 1934 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie | Romance

Accroche:

Two great lovers of the screen in the grandest of romantic comedies !

Intrigue:

A spoiled heiress, running away from her family, is helped by a man who's actually a reporter looking for a story. But then he falls for her...

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Yacht | Bus | Heiress | Newspaper

Récompenses:

Won 5 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Travel back in time, to the days when romantic comedies had not yet evolved into chick flicks

Ensemble

Clark Gable	...	Peter
Claudette Colbert	...	Ellie
Walter Connolly	...	Andrews
Roscoe Karns	...	Shapeley
Jameson Thomas	...	Westley
Alan Hale	...	Danker
Arthur Hoyt	...	Zeke
Blanche Friderici	...	Zeke's Wife
Charles C. Wilson	...	Gordon
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Ernie Adams	...	The Bag Thief (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold	...	Woman at Auto Camp (uncredited)
Irving Bacon	...	Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
William Bailey	...	Clark (uncredited)
Ward Bond	...	Bus Driver #1 (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley	...	Henderson (uncredited)
George P. Breakston	...	Boy Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Charles A. Browne	...	Reporter (uncredited)
James Burke	...	Detective (uncredited)
Edmund Burns	...	Best Man at Wedding (uncredited)
Ken Carson	...	Guitar Player on Bus (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler	...	Bus Driver #2 (uncredited)
Wallis Clark	...	Lovington (uncredited)
Ray Cooke	...	Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan	...	Detective (uncredited)
Ray Creighton	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Curtis	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Mickey Daniels	...	Vendor on Bus (uncredited)
Eva Dennison	...	Society Woman (uncredited)
Neal Dodd	...	Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt	...	Mr. Dykes - Auto Camp Owner (uncredited)
Billy Engle	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Evans	...	Man Saying 'Your Bus Leaves in 5 Minutes' (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Agnes - Gordon's Secretary (uncredited)
Allen Fox	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Dolores Fuller	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Carlton Griffin	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Kit Guard	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Sherry Hall	...	Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
A.R. Haysel	...	Bus Dispatcher (uncredited)
Frank Holliday	...	Detective (uncredited)
Harry Holman	...	Last Auto Camp Manager (uncredited)
Harry Hume	...	Policeman (uncredited)
William Irving	...	Passenger on Second Bus (uncredited)
Sam Josephson	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee	...	Drunk Reporter (uncredited)
Mimi Lindell	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Marvin Loback	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Rose May	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
William McCall	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Claire McDowell	...	Mother on Bus (uncredited)
Kate Morgan	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Patsy O'Byrne	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Earl Pingree	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Hal Price	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Margaret Reid	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Ky Robinson	...	Detective (uncredited)
Blanche Rose	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Rita Ross	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Matty Roubert	...	Newsboy (uncredited)
Marvin Schecter	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Harry Schultz	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Bert Scott	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Harry Semels	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
S.S. Simon	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Linda Lee Solomon	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Bert Starkey	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Ethel Sykes	...	Maid of Honor (uncredited)
Jane Talent	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Emma Tansey	...	Ticket Buyer (uncredited)
Harry Todd	...	Flagman at Railroad Crossing (uncredited)
Maidel Turner	...	Last Motel Manager's Wife (uncredited)
William Wagner	...	Waiter at Wedding (uncredited)
John Wallace	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Fred Walton	...	Butler (uncredited)
Dave Wengren	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Charles Wilroy	...	Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Buck Woods	...	Cook Serving Food to Passengers (uncredited)
Frank Yaconelli	...	Tony (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Frank Capra

Scénaristes
Robert Riskin		(screenplay)
Samuel Hopkins Adams		(short story)

Produit par
Frank Capra	....	producer (as A Frank Capra Production)
Harry Cohn	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Howard Jackson		(uncredited)
Louis Silvers		(uncredited)

Image
Joseph Walker		(photography)

Montage
Gene Havlick

Direction artistique
Stephen Goosson		(uncredited)

Création des costumes
Robert Kalloch		(uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Charles C. Coleman	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Edward Bernds	....	sound engineer (uncredited)

Cascadeur
Mary Wiggins	....	stunt double: Claudette Colbert's dive off ship (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Cliff Shirpser	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Département Musique
Louis Silvers	....	musical director

Divers
Harry Cohn	....	president: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Samuel J. Briskin	....	executive assistant: Mr. Cohn (uncredited)
George Brown	....	general press agent (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Columbia Pictures Corporation (presents)

Distributeurs

• Columbia Pictures (1934) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Columbia Pictures Television Distribution (????) (USA) (TV) (a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Cult & Classic (Brazil) (VHS)
• RCA Home Video (video)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2000) (Japan) (DVD)

Autres Companies

• Sunset Gower Studios  sound stages (uncredited)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Night Bus (USA) (working title)

Durée:

105 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Classification:

Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:16 (1934) | Brazil:Livre | USA:Approved (PCA #4311-R: 11 May 1938 for re-release) | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:15 | UK:U | South Korea:15 (DVD rating)

Lieux de tournage:

Busch Gardens - S. Grove Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Société:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Anecdotes:

Myrna Loy turned down the role of Ellie Andrews because a recent film set on a bus had failed, and she didn't think that this one would succeed.

Goofs:

Equipe ou équipement visible: After King lands and taxis in the autogyro, apparently the sole occupant, a man is visible in the cockpit crouching down as King walks around and to the rear of the autogyro.

Guillemet:

Peter Warne: Excuse me lady, but that upon which you sit is mine.
Ellie Andrews: I beg your pardon?

Connexions:

Parodié dans Spaceballs (1987)

Bande son:

Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)

Travel back in time, to the days when romantic comedies had not yet evolved into chick flicks

I was inspired to think of other films with completely mystifying titles. `The Phantom Menace', obviously. Also: `The Shop Around the Corner' (around the corner from WHERE?), `The Empire Strikes Back' (it doesn't), `The Living Daylights', `True Lies', `Batman Forever', `Species', `The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' ... if anyone has any more suggestions, please send them to me.

In this case, it happens over several nights, and I'm not sure which particular night is being referred to. Probably one of the candidate nights is less unobvious than the rest; so I guess the title isn't COMPLETELY mystifying. But actually, Capra gives us the feeling that everything is up in the air. Everyone knows that the hero and heroine of romantic comedies are bound to get hitched in the end - in most cases it's simply a question of staying awake. But Capra makes us feel the contingency of it all. I, for one, was convinced that right up until the final moment, it could have gone either way. How did Capra manage this? Was it because he was a complete innocent; or was it because he was remarkably sophisticated? I don't suppose it matters: it's results that count.

I'm glad to see very little mention among the comments about the sexism of it all. The characters have life; their words have life; and if such art as this could only be produced by a sexist society, it's almost worth creating a sexist society (and then dismantling it), in order to get the art. In modern romances I get the feeling that the writers are wearily writing `feisty' lines for the heroine in an attempt to fool feminists, who, by and large, aren't so easily fooled. Claudette Colbert isn't feisty. When she DOES assert her independence, she means it.

(And, of course, when Clark Gable asserts his dominance, HE means it. You don't get sincerity like this these days.)

Anyway, the ideology of a film, if there is one, is always beside the point, except inasmuch as the ideology is AESTHETICALLY attractive or unattractive. This is an attractive film. Two real individuals, a real story, some misunderstanding but no tiresome or pointless misunderstanding, constant wit - and, as I expressed amazement at earlier, constant suspense. And if THAT isn't enough to get you to watch it, note that it was released in 1934. The Hayes code didn't come into effect until 1935. Not a moment too late.