[One Night Happening] The filming coincided with the Great Depression of the 1930s in the United States. However, the romantic comedy in which a poor reporter and a rich girl married turned the attention of all audiences to a comfortable world, allowing people to temporarily escape from the depressing reality . In the film, the hero and heroine have great disparity in status. They were originally two people who were irrelevant: Pete Vaughn played by Clark Gable was careless and rude, and was fired by the boss; Claudette Colbert played the rich family Female Allie Andrews was pampered, arrogant and arrogant. The two meet by accident, and then it is not that the enemy does not meet each other. In the story of bumping into the needle and facing Maimang, the thriving love seedling crosses the barriers of class and economic gap, and the lovers eventually become married. Director Frank Capra admitted that the filming process of "It Happened One Night" was more interesting than the film.
The script of [One Night Happily Ever After] can still be used as a model for screenwriters, and most of it is devoted to describing the road journey of the happy couple, during which the two took a bus, walked, and hitchhiked. A series of classic plots that are still imitated by later generations: the two built the "Wall of Jericho" in the motel room to maintain the purity of their unmarried cohabitation; the rich lady borrowed the pajamas of the poor boy to understand the commoners life; hitchhiking and sleeping rough in an abandoned barn; and of course Ellie's dramatic wedding as a runaway bride. Because the protagonist is not going to experience physical pain and mental suffering, so there are always sparks of quarrels in the middle, and the wisdom and sharpness revealed in them often make people laugh. All of this has created the reputation of [It Happened One Night] as a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.
[It Happened One Night] is a love story between a poor reporter and a rich girl, 19 years earlier than the famous [Roman Holiday] of the younger generation. Clark Gable's dashing reporter is no match for the tall and handsome Gregory Peck. At that time, the script was really easy and interesting, the witty lines between the hero and heroine were well grasped, and the film vividly showed the subtle feeling of stumbling and missing between men and women through some very vivid details. For example, when Ellie and Vaughn shared a room, Ellie used the sheet to build the "Jerigo Wall" between the two beds. Or Vaughn, played by Clark Gable, tried his best to not stop a car when he wanted to hitch a ride. As a result, Ellie managed to hitch a ride with Ma Yu’s legs. It has become a classic in film history.
The Columbia company that filmed "It Happened One Night" was still a little-known company at the time. In fact, the actor Clark Gable signed a contract with MGM at the time and went to Columbia to shoot the film on a rental basis. As for the heroine, Claudette Colbert didn't like the film herself, because director Frank Capra promised to double her pay and complete the filming in 4 weeks. When the Oscars ceremony was held, she was about to leave for a trip. After learning that she had won the Oscar for best actress, she rushed to the scene in a hurry and went on stage in casual clothes to give a speech. But this film will be an incredible masterpiece after all, because [It Happened One Night] was the first film to win five awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay, and swept the Oscars. In addition, the film also won the best picture of the National Critics Association. Many awards have made [It Happened One Night] a masterpiece.
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