IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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[@Serai3]

Fun fact: This movie is the reason Bugs Bunny chews on carrots. His first cartoons came along at the same time as this film, which was very popular, so the animators included the carrot munching as a callback to Clark Gable's smartass character. (The WB cartoons included a great deal of contemporary references that have all lost their context now.)

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

And I think Shapely calls Clark Gable "Doc" once or twice.

[@SueProv]

This movie was released in 1934. Bugs Bunny was released in 1940.

[@allengray5748]

That's freaking awesome! Wabbit Season! Do you have a Fricassseean rabbit license? ☮️

[@TrekBeatTK]

Indeed, Bugs Bunny is actually kind of a ripoff of Disney’s Max Hare who was very intentionally modeled after Clark Gable.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

According to Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng and Bob Clampett IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT was Friz's favorite film, and indeed Clark was the inspiration for Bugs, and the audience made the immediate connection, with the carrot-chomping, cocky stance, and smart aleck nature of Bugs - not to mention the Brooklyn accent, pronounced overbite and large ears.@@SueProv

[@tremorsfan]

Bringing Up Baby is another absolute classic that you should watch.

[@MrFlounder878]

Was going to make that suggestion as well. A fun flick with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, with Howard Hawks directing. My wife and I will watch it whenever we need a good laugh.

[@roboct6]

Not just one of the best comedies of that era but of all time. Period.

[@Seele2015au]

I wonder if it would be a good idea to digitally restore "Bringing up Baby" to the form Howard Hawks envisaged it to be, but hamstrung by the SFX technology available at the time. For example there was a scene when Hepburn was pulling the leash on the leopard, obviously filmed separately and then composited together, but there's a mismatch of the leash so it seemed like there were two leashes but not connected as one.

[@kelseyk530]

​@@MrFlounder878"BUB" and "The Awful Truth" (1937) with Grant and Irene Dunne...two iconic screwball comedies...are my absolute favorites. "TAT" had Leo McCarey winning Best Director.

[@yvonnesanders4308]

Arsenic and old lace

[@jhilal2385]

In the year after this was released, sales of men's undershirts fell almost 90% in the US because Clark Gable was shown not wearing one under his dress shirt. It almost killed the entire industry.

[@cvonbarron]

That's true, and it created a minor scandal at the time.

[@carltonbright6923]

The reason for not wearing an undershirt was to keep up the fast pace of the scene. Also, the hair would get mussed..it was simply a practical production decision, with unprecedented reactions.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*If Gable had worn low-rise pants, it would've changed the timeline completely.*

[@TrekBeatTK]

“We wouldn’t know a thing about it if I hadn’t taken that magnesia!” That’s a 1930s poop joke!

[@elainemarsh3477]

This movie is the TEMPLATE for every romantic comedy ever made! Holds up well, too. (The Philadelphia Story should be next for you!)

[@ninjabearpress2574]

Even Spaceballs follows this template.

[@hulkhatepunybanner]

*_Welllllll,_** isn't William Shakespeare's **_Taming of the Screw_** the TEMPLATE for all modern romantic comedies?*

[@ninjabearpress2574]

@@hulkhatepunybannerNot all rom-coms fit that template, but enough. You can't go wrong with Shakespeare.

[@mimi_owls]

I second The Philadelphia Story and something from Preston Sturges too

[@praapje]

@@mimi_owls The Lady Eve and The Palm Beach Story are absolute gems.

[@Cadinho93]

In the history of the Academy Awards, there are only three movies that won all of the top five awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay. They are: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Silence of the Lambs and It Happened One Night. Also, another great movie from 1934 is "The Thin Man" with William Powell and Myrna Loy, which I know you will love!

[@jackmessick2869]

Yes! The Thin Man is amazing funny! It's a mystery and you will love love love Myrna Loy and William Powell.

[@TheDreamtimezzz]

Please add 1937 Kate Hepburn (and many other notables) “stage door” to your list!!!

[@joshuareigns9841]

Love the thin man series, myrna loy and William powell were great together.

[@tranya327]

Totally want her to watch "The Thin Man" - a film with such impact that they made FIVE sequels (none of which was as good as the original, but that's ok.) (Although it's never commented on, there are enough snippets in that film that Nick Charles is arguably THE FIRST Super-powered person (superhero?) ever depicted in movies. Can you guess which super power he's blessed with? :) )

[@byrontowles2018]

The "Thin Man. "Yes, yes, YESSS! One of my all time favorite movies. The chemistry between William Powell & Myrna Loy is magical. Back in the day, people actually thought that they were married in real life!

[@evelynharron4718]

Clark Gable starred in 'Gone With the Wind' which was the number one grossing movie for 25 years from 1934 til 1957 and the highest grossing movie of all time adjusted for inflation.

[@lmsossi6501]

It's still a favorite of mine. Today, it's criticized for its depiction of slavery, so some people are afraid to react to it, but all movies from long ago can be criticized for their dated and sometimes offensive portrayals of various groups. To me, we don't learn if we ignore what makes us uncomfortable. I would love to see her react to GWTW, including those aspects that are not acceptable today. Even in IHON, there are some dated ideas about the sexes and some insinuated acceptance of male oppression of and even violence towards women. It's possible to note those aspects and still admire the film as a whole.

[@purpleslog]

This is pre GWTW which is a 1939 movie.

[@Dularr]

Clark Gable appearing without a undershirt was a massive blow to the underwear industry.

[@ct6852]

Which is ironic. Because I think it was Hollywood that gave a big boost to those under shirts in the first place.

[@docsavage8640]

@ct6852 how?

[@ct6852]

@@docsavage8640 Maybe I have it wrong. But I thought they were popularized in the movies. And then not. And then brought back again in the 90's.

[@shanedoe3462]

@@docsavage8640 People stopped wearing them when the saw Gable without one. Same thing happened with hats when JFK was elected. He never wore one and they fell out of fashion.

[@terencejay8845]

He was the George Clooney of the day, though he wasn't overly popular with the actresses because of his halitosis..

[@ad61video]

Fun fact, Clark Gable was also called The King of Hollywood. His very last and excellent film was The Misfits, which was also Marilyn Monroes last picture.

[@ct6852]

Was he really rich from his career? Not sure if A-list actors made relatively more or less back then compared to now. I do know the studios probably had more power and sway back in the day.

[@makingthecoin3647]

I was and am a movie poster collector. I had a beautiful original lobby card 11x14 from this classic movie. An original 27x41 poster for the film sells for several thousand $$. In the 80s I heard Claudette Corbett would stroll around NYC at outdoor book and collector shows. For several weekends I would go with my lobby card hoping to meet her and finally I did and she autographed it for me. She was petite and still a stunning looking lady.

[@clincher2626]

It's Colbert, not Corbett. You're obviously a huge fan.

[@makingthecoin3647]

​​@@clincher2626what a Jethro, I have big hands and I miss typed a letter. Lmao this is so important to a sheepish slug like yourself. ATTABOY!!

[@makingthecoin3647]

​​@@clincher2626what a Jethro. It's important for this sheepish slug to point out a letter error. LMAO. I have large hands. Yes I am an admirer of many classic stars and have amassed a collection of Movie Posters from the Silent Era and forward. I can do that $$$$ so go back to you pretending on KZbin, try to enjoy your limited life.

[@Concetta20]

Wow! So lucky!

[@makingthecoin3647]

​@@clincher2626yes I am and because of my big hands Jethro a typing error occurred. Your Immature with liverspots. Plus I have the $$$$ to enjoy and build a rare Movie poster collection.

[@nathans3241]

The Director of this movie, Frank Capra, is the same Director who worked on 'It's A Wonderful Life.' Capra was the Steven Spielberg of his time, a very good story teller. Clark Gable was the male lead in 'Gone With The Wind,' which was released in 1939. Time for you to check out that movie. I know you'll like it. Gone With The Wind is a classic, color film and the story behind its production is unique and entertaining on its own.

[@oldbroadwithbaggage5472]

Oh, another great one " His Girl Friday".

[@thewildgoose7467]

Good pick, full of rapid dialogue and witty one liners. They made a remake called "The Front Page" with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the early '70's which is well worth a look too.

[@nightfall902]

And in the public domain so needs no editing. Though most "reactors" chop it up anyway (just the way it's done I suppose).

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yes, I love that one so much. You can't go wrong with Rosiland Russell and Cary Grant! Total masterpiece.

[@Scott-J]

Light bulb moment! At the end when her father says he didn't take the money, "just the $39.60 he spent on you." That's how Spaceballs ends! Princess Vespa's father is walking her down the isle and says he didn't take the money, "just took 248 space bucks for lunch, gas, and tolls."

[@ArtamStudio]

So glad to see someone else recognizing the connection - plus Princess Vespa's getaway at the start.

[@WithTwoFlakes]

I wondered if anyone else had picked up on that...

[@apulrang]

This is a great movie no matter what. But a bit of context reveals extra layers of meaning for the original audiences. "Screwball Comedies" like this one in the 1930s used a lot of class humor -- rich people being silly and childish, hardworking people being more down to earth and practical. They also tended to feature men who were struggling and too focused on their work, and women who were a bit "dizzy," (crazy and free-spirited), helping the men they meet get more joy out of life. This was all deliberately crafted for audiences who were deep in the Great Depression. And sometimes there were very specific references -- like the boy on the bus whose mother fainted due to malnutrition. That was definitely a reference to real-life poverty during the Depression. Another terrific "Screwball Comedy" to check out is "Brining Up Baby," starring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.

[@ohmightywez]

Philadelphia Story is another great one.

[@tranya327]

I would also add "My Man Godfrey" (1936, I believe). It precisely fits a number of the tropes that you describe, and pulls them off brilliantly.

[@richardb6260]

I've been asking for "Bringing Up Baby" forever. As recently as in the comments for "Gross Pointe Blank" in fact.

[@apulrang]

@@richardb6260 "I'll be with you in a minute Mr. Peabody!"

[@richardb6260]

@@apulrang the inspiration for "What's Up Doc?"

[@jsharp3165]

"King" was an unusual but not unheard of first name back in those days. There was even a movie director named King Vidor.

[@Joan-ph2es]

I went to school with a girl with last name of James. She had a brother named King.

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

When I was in grade school in the 50s I had a classmate with the first name "King."

[@Dontuween]

Actually, that was Clark Gable's nickname. A nickname which he hated!

[@jsharp3165]

@@Dontuween Yeah, when Cassie started asking if he was King, I was thinking, "Yes but no."

[@drzarkov39]

"Roy" is the French version of King.

[@phillipray4380]

As you embrace the magic of these older films, it might be time to check out Jimmy Stewart in the role he made famous: “Harvey”!

[@parallaxnick637]

Oh god I love Harvey. It's one of the great autistic-coded movies.

[@phillipray4380]

It’s also certified SAFE for Carly. ;)

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I made it a thing with all 4 of my kids to introduce them to Harvey. Nice memories. I love Jimmy Stewart in everything.

[@nonMuggle]

@@parallaxnick637 "Autistic-coded"?? I'm very interested in what that means. Can you explain or point me somewhere?

[@michaellynch3502]

I was going to suggest the very same movie! I saw Harvey for the first time this week and it’s now one of my favorite movies!

[@nealhoffman7518]

I swear to all above that you would absolutely adore William Powell movies. Especially My Man Godfrey, Love Crazy, and the ENTIRE Thin Man Series

[@suprchickn7745]

William Powell is a name that deserves to live on for "My Man Godfrey" and "The Thin Man" alone. "My Man Godfrey" is one of my all time favorites and I just recently discovered it. I have also read that people loved to work with him because he was a genuinely kind person. His ex-wife still loved working with him in "Godfrey".

[@stratiogesdux]

Here! Here!

[@johnmccarthy3111]

My Man Godfrey is so good

[@harrytryon6782]

Clark Gables most famous movie is "Gone with the wind" 1939. The most famous quote "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn". Won 8 academy awards.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I watched it once as a young man and the scene with Rhett and little Bonnie broke me. Traumatizing, hysterical sobbing. I can't ever watch it again, for me it was like Schindler's List.

[@colliric]

​@@elessartelcontar9415 For me it was watching as Scarlett walks into the makeshift operating theatre and that guy really does get his leg amputated with no chloroform and not even a drop of liquor in sight.

[@colliric]

It actually won 10, because won 2 extra awards for the use of colour and technical achievement.

[@richardb6260]

​@@colliric"DON'T CUT! DON'T CUT!" and then you see that leg moving in a direction it shouldn't.

[@victoriah.2083]

Did you know how much Selznick was fined for including "damn" in GWTW? $5K or over $109K in 2024.

[@randyschuh2670]

I am so happy you are doing reactions to classic films. I agree with others that the Thin Man series should be watched. Love Nick and Nora and their dog Asta.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Oh, Asta..😊

[@colinpreston80]

If there was singing on a bus today, people would just assume someone was making a TikTok.

[@bigneon_glitter]

Fun fact: the creation of Bugs Bunny was inspired, in part, by Clark Gable & the carrot-chewing scene. 🥕

[@ninjabearpress2574]

This movie inspired everything from Bugs Bunny to Spaceballs and more.

[@marleybob3157]

I'm glad you are covering old Hollywood now and then. I seriously hope you get to the 1938 RomCom "Bringing Up Baby" with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. I shared that movie with my daughter (now 27) when she was 5 and it remains one of her favorite comedies. Mine too!

[@cindyknudson2715]

Check out "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" Cary Grant, Myrna Loy

[@jackmessick2869]

The director here is the same person who directed "It's a Wonderful Life," Frank Capra. All of his films are pretty great. He also filmed "You Can't Take It With You" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Another romantic comedy is "My Man Godfrey." During the Depression, people loved seeing those who were rich do outlandish and eccentric things, like dive off a yacht and run away from her father. "My Man Godfrey" is a lot like that. If you want to see the greatest chemistry between and actor and actress, and have a mystery in New York, then you can't miss "The Thin Man." They even gather all the suspects together in one room for the finale. It stars Myrna Loy and William Powell. It was so good they made 5 more in 12 years.

[@markwilliams6394]

They had such great chemistry that everybody actually thought they were a couple.

[@richardzinns5676]

I have to second the recommendation for the Thin Man series. The second and third are the cleverest mysteries, but all of the first five are EXTREMELY well worth seeing, and even the sixth has its moments. This is one of the greatest series in film history, mostly because of the brilliant interaction of William Powell and Myrna Loy.

[@suebob16]

Count me in for The Thin Man! I don't think Cassie needs to see the whole series, but she should at least see the second film After The Thin Man. It has James Stewart in it, and Nora has a cute surprise for Nick at the end.

[@tristramcoffin926]

I KNEW YOU'D LOVE IT! This film is so good. I hope when you are ready to do old films again and in the mood for film noir you will react to The Third Man. It is the best movie I've ever seen.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

YES!!! I was gonna recommend this one, too.

[@randybass8842]

This was produced and directed by Frank Capra, the same producer/director of "It's a Wonderful Life." I recommend his other movies, particularly "You Can't Take it With You." In fact, you should do a series of his movies. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" is another one.

[@ZombieFeet]

Arsenic and Old Lace"! Cary Grant at his cutest! Now that you've seen some of the old monster movies you'll get some of the references 😉. There's a wee bit of romance too! 😊

[@JC-bh8qx]

One of my most treasured possessions is a bracelet my husband got me that says, "I'm a little screwy myself". His way of saying I love you ❤

[@sterling557]

He was a screwball. (a baseball pitch)

[@rudewalrus5636]

_Don't_ overlook old films because they are in black and white; as you observed, you really don't notice when it's a good film. There are a _lot_ of great black and white films worth your time: e.g. Philadelphia (rom-com par excellence), Bringing Up Baby (screwball at its finest), Top Hat (or anything with Astaire really - song-and-dance delight); and on and on ... Did you notice the story parallel with Roman Holiday? Newspaper reporter makes friends with escaped heiress/princess to get a story but ends up falling in love, etc...? (Of course, Roman Holiday doesn't have the same happy ending) Also, a $10,000 reward in 1934 - the middle of the Depression - would be the equivalent of over $230,000 today.

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

The next year Clark Gable was also in the Best Picture Academy Award winner, Mutiny on the Bounty, as Fletcher Christian.

[@colliric]

A goddamn masterpiece too. And his somewhat tragic final film The Misfits is also one of the greatest movies of all time... So fitting he drove off into the sunset with Monroe right next to him.

[@capstan50g]

I'm glad you enjoyed this one. There are many older films that are as good or better than this one. I'll suggest Arsenic & Old Lace. It has Cary Grant in it, and he's just as charming as Clark Gable.

[@purpleslog]

I like it when I saw it as a kid. I watched it again a few years ago and it sucked.

[@johnterminator5475]

90 years old, but Capra's films are still relevant, "You can't take it with you", "Mr Smith goes to Washington", "Meet John Doe" and the masterpiece "It's Wonderful life" 🙂

[@002DrEvil]

I think you mean Mr Smith goes to Washington. Mr Smith was played by Jimmy Stewart. He definitely wasn't female!

[@richardb6260]

Add "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" with Gary Cooper to the list. The courtroom scene at the end is wonderful. I'm terrified she'll make the mistake of watching the Adam Sandler "remake" instead.

[@Cbcw76]

@@richardb6260 Absolutely yes... one of my favorite courtroom scenes ever, where the Faulkner Sisters testify that Goodfellow Deeds is pixilated... as is the judge and everyone else. Except them. Such an incredible scene.

[@mrcapra]

​@@Cbcw76 Aw, no spoilers, please!!

[@Madbandit77]

I would add "American Madness", with Angelica Huston's grandfather, Walter.

[@miker252]

I think you and your sister would love Bringing Up Baby (1938) and The Philadelphia Story (1940.)

[@johnangelopoulos2000]

Such great acting, and great chemistry between Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. One of the very first great romantic comedies. A true gem. Great choice.

[@colliric]

His final film with Marilyn Monroe was also a romance masterpiece. Although about an older man falling for a younger woman.

[@handsomeX]

💯​@@colliric

[@ct6852]

She feels pretty modern for 1934. They both do. They both seem like they'd be right at home in a movie from the past 40 years up to now.

[@helendarvall8059]

Clark Gable - who was under contract to M-G-M - didn't want to do this picture. At that time, most of the studio heads played poker (at the home of Irving Thalberg on Thursday nights, for example... he was VP of Production at M-G-M) and these powerful men would often trade their contracted stars for different pictures in lieu of paying poker debts. Or the studio heads would make a profit from 'loaning out' their stars for more than they were paying them. Columbia was looked down on in the industry; they made mostly westerns and were derisively called Gower Gulch (located at Gower and Melrose in Hollywood). So being sent by M-G-M to Columbia - said to be a punishment for refusing a role at M-G-M - was a real comedown for Clark Gable. Claudette Colbert was not first choice to play Ellie: Miriam Hopkins and half a dozen other top stars had turned it down. Colbert hated the film, said it was the worst ever... And then to have the picture win the Top 5 Academy Awards of 1934 - it was unheard of.

[@ct6852]

@@helendarvall8059 Dang actors have been saying for a while that they truly don't know which movie of theirs will hit or not. I guess they really mean that. Also the old studio system sounds like a nightmare.

[@002DrEvil]

If you want to see an early romantic screen kiss I would recommend Notorious from 1946. Kisses at the time weren't allowed to last more than 2 or 3 seconds. This film got round that problem by having slight breaks in the kissing, but the overall scene lasts much longer than 3 seconds.

[@purpleslog]

I think this is a pre-code movie.

[@SwiftFoxProductions]

Clark Gable aka "The King of Hollywood"! 😉 And obviously, you can now see why! Of course, his role as Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind" is his most iconic but, this little romantic comedy is the one that won him an Oscar. ☺

[@brianito7779]

My favorite era of movies is the pre-code era, so I watch a LOT of early 1930s movies and this is one of my favorites. It's a 10/10 for me. Claudette Colbert is in my top five actresses of all time. I can't even remember how many times I've watched it.

[@Johnny_Socko]

Yes, the movie may not have shown the leads kissing, but it was considered pretty bold in many other ways.

[@user-rh2io7gm1l]

In fact, *_It Happened One Night_* was released *(February 1934)* five months before the *Motion Picture Production Code* went into effect *(July 1934).* Thus, it was the last *Best Picture* winner before the so-called *Hays Code* era *(1934-1968).* Incidentally, the *Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences* had only been in existence since *1927';* first awarded in *1929.*

[@MichaelJShaffer]

The sales of men's undershirts plummeted after this film and seeing that Clark Gable didn't wear one.

[@matthewhaverty3298]

Watching this made me re-think it's a wonderful life to some extent, the walls of jericho standing in for the barriers to George's various desires (which he is made to appreciate). When George wanders through the nightmarish Pottersville, it's like Bedford Falls with the 'walls of jericho' pulled down prematurely, no 'gap' between desire and fulfilment. Both films about how we 'get it' by 'not getting it', about the benefits of 'missing out', the lives we don't lead being essential to the ones we do.

[@matthewhaverty3298]

Oh, and it must have been an influence on Roman Holiday I'm sure.

[@purpleslog]

Frank Capra directed both of them.

[@FloridaMugwump]

It is seen as one of the greatest films ever made. It Happened One Night is the first of only three films (along with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Silence of the Lambs) to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

[@jollyjohnthepirate3168]

This was a shocker. A "B" film trom a poverty row studio, it swept the Oscars. Most of the dialog was ad libed. The actors didn't think the film would do anything and didn't think much about it and then it became a hit.

[@dave29123]

it came out just before the (Hays) Code started to be enforced.

[@mirozen_]

The name Clark Gable was familiar to you! 😊 Remember the Star Trek episode you watched where Kirk and Spock traveled in time back to the 1930's? Captain Kirk and Edith Keeler were going out to see a "Clark Gable movie"!!! 😁

[@BondFreek]

20:00 "Dizzy Dame" is a 1920 -1940 expression. It means a woman who drives a man crazy with her unpredictable behavior.

[@johncampbell756]

"It Happened One Night was the first film to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Writing). As of 2022, only two other films have achieved this feat: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1991.[38] It Happened One Night was also the last film to win both lead acting Academy Awards until One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975." - Wikipedia This film was Columbia's biggest money maker until 1980.

[@doubleDD274]

This swept the 1935 Oscars. Best Picture, Best Actor , Best Actress, Best Director, and so on . A true classic. Clark Gable was a MEGA STAR! So was Claudine Colbert. I had just taped this to watch again for the umpteenth time and saw that you were going to react to it. You did a great job. There's tons of old romantic comedies as good as this one. Bringing up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, His Girl Friday, Roman Holiday, Some Like It Hot and so many more.

[@cbobwhite5768]

A funny love story, action movie, 1964. "Father Goose", with Cary Grant.

[@LeslieEscobedo-sx7ee]

Other oldies you might consider, The Philadelphia Story with Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart and Desk Set with Spencer Tracy and also Katherine Hepburn.. both fantastic..

[@ninawildr4207]

Yes!!!❤

[@STOCKHOLM07]

Cassie telling Clark Gable to eat a Snickers was an odd yet satisfying moment.

[@esthenidarvou8370]

I love it when she throws in lines from commercials.

[@egk2584]

Another great reaction. This movie was sort of remade as an 80s teen romcom, The Sure Thing. One of the first starring roles for John Cusack. You might enjoy that a lot as well.

[@SusanSloate]

Do you mean THE SURE THING? I never thought of it as being like IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, though it does feature a couple on the road. It also is one of my favorites--and it's a great movie for you to watch, Cassie; hope you will, eventually!

[@egk2584]

lol yes. I meant to put the title in my message. The travelling scenes are definitely a call back to this movie. Even the famous hitchhiking scene.

[@isoldejaneholland8370]

Cusack's Room 1408 is one of my favorite Halloween ghost stories.

[@markwilliams6394]

I bought a book at a book sale when I was 8 at our local mall in 1973. The kind where moms sold their kids stuff they left after they moved out. The book I bought was from the early 30's and it had a picture from a magazine in it for a bookmarker. That picture was of Claudette Colbert.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

Now that you have seen Clark Gable..GONE WITH THE WIND. And Claudette Colbert in The Egg and I. You won’t be sorry❤

[@philstubblefield]

As someone who has advocated for this movie forever, I am *_so_* glad that you finally watched it! Despite nearly 100 years of societal changes, the story still hits home today. I had almost forgotten just how delightful this film is! Thank you, Cassie! 😁

[@rs-ye7kw]

Ingrid Bergman (from "Casablanca) in "Gaslight" made in 1944. Not exactly a love story, but one I think you would really enjoy.

[@ohmightywez]

Gaslight is one of my favorites. I think it should be a rule that you can't use the phrase "gaslight" until you see the movie.

[@SueProv]

She reacted to Casablanca

[@rs-ye7kw]

I know. That's why I said 'from Casablanca' and put it in parentheses as a reminder to her where she has seen Ingrid Bergman before. The parentheses indicate an aside and, when treated as such, the main sentence is suggesting to her "Ingrid Bergman in "Gaslight" made in 1944.

[@larryairgood4320]

"Midnight" (1939, black and white), starring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, has Colbert as an out of work and out of money showgirl arriving in Paris and falling into a great life situation of free clothes, apartment. etc. when she is hired to pose as a baroness, a situation only marred by a local taxi driver (Ameche) romantically pursuing her.. The romantic comedy screwballs its way to a 4.5 rating from Etsy, a 5 star rating from eBay, a 7.8 out of 10 from IMDb. Colbert is glitzy, witty, and winning in a script co-written by the brilliant Billy Wilder early in his career.

[@enderkay]

One of my favorites! ❤

[@artlapham6380]

Trivia point: The guy that picked them up while hitchhiking was Alan Hale Sr, the father of Alan Hale Jr, the 'Skipper' from Gilligan's Island.

[@im-gi2pg]

They look alike!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

[@artlapham6380]

They even have the same mannerisms, but the father had a much more prolific career. The guy was in almost 250 movies @@im-gi2pg

[@billverno6170]

This movie was 1934. Adventures of Robin Hood was 1938. Alan Hale, who picked up the hitchhikers, played Little John in the Robin Hood movie.

[@ct6852]

I thought Robin Hood was 1928. Whoops. They filmed that in my hometown. I've been giving the wrong year my whole life. Lol

[@billverno6170]

There was a silent 1922 Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks where Alan Hale also played Little John. Hale also played Little John in his final movie, Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950.

[@ct6852]

@@billverno6170 Thank you. Yeah the Fairbanks one may have been what I was thinking of. But the Errol Flynn was what was filmed here in town. There's a mural of him on a wall downtown.

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

​@@billverno6170I didn't know that. I might reconsider an old friend's theory that claimed Hale was the same guy from the 20s to the 60s and really Immortal. Of course his son's resemblance Is uncanny. Hale Sr. played Cagney's dad in another Classic: Strawberry blonde.

[@jollyrodgers7272]

The 1940 evolution of Bugs Bunny was inspired by Clark Gable in that Hitchhiking scene, as Bugs munches carrots (real rabbits don't), has a cocky stance, smart-aleck nature - not to mention the pronounced overbite and large ears. Ditto on all the comments to watch THE THIN MAN series with William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles! It was successful in six full length feature films from 1934 until 1947, and endeared millions with their portrayal of that adorable couple. Great for a sister tag-team reaction!

[@TheWadetube]

Cassie I take it that this is your first time seeing Clark Gable. He was the king of Hollywood in the 1930s. If this is true then you have not seen Gone With The Wind, the biggest romance drama ever made, with Mr. Gable and Vivien Leah and Olivia DeHaviland, if so I know you will see it soon and we can all watch it again through your perspective.

[@theWoodrow321]

Thank you Cassie for this reaction. Hopefully this will be a window to reacting with Carley, to Clark Gable's most iconic role and the #1 movie quote of all time in Gone With The Wind. Thank you again.

[@keng4847]

Early in the movie, Cassie wonders if Clark Gabe is "The King" The answer is no, but also yes. He wasn't "the king" that Ellie Andrews wants to marry at the start of the movie, but in. the 1930s Clark Gable was widely known as "THE KING of Hollywood". He was a giant star of the 1930s-1950s. So when Cassie asks about Gable "Is he the king?." the answer is yes, only not in the way Cassie meant. Anyone who loves romcoms should be forever thankful for "It Happened One Night." As it is the movie that has often been credited as inventing the rom-com. Or it's at least the movie that made rom-coms very popular, and started the rom-com craze. It was a giant box office hit in its day As such It is not only classic, it is one of the true landmark movies in Hollywood history. And it won the Oscar for Best Movie/Best Actor/Best Actress/ Best Director/ Best Screenplay. Only 2 other movies have won all 5 of those Oscars: 1) "The Silence of the Lambs" (came out in 1991)- Which Cassie has seen. 2) "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- (Came out in 1975)- Which is also a true classic and a must-see. It stars Jack Nicholson, but this time as a good guy

[@Cbcw76]

She needs some 1930's history refreshers. This film, made in the doldrums of the Great Depression, was full of protraits of those folks. The original motor lodge, the outdoor bathhouse sharing - and just sharing, period, where lines - queues - were commonplace... except for the Rich, obviously. That "Ivanka Entitlement" was a well-known, disgusting character back them, too.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Highly recommend "Union Depot" 1932 with Douglas Fairbanks and Joan Blondell...it's an offbeat story and good performance by both of them. Joan was very cute back in the day and Doulas Fairbanks very handsome.

[@THOMMGB]

Cassie, I've been mentioning this movie to you forever, it seems. So glad you finally got to it. For a 90 year old movie, it's held up amazingly well. On KZbin, there is a radio version of It Happened One Night on the Lux Radio Theater with the same stars as in the movie. It's excellent.

[@Cbcw76]

Reading these comments listed so many classic screwball masterpieces, you brought up "90 years old" - that's all of these. I hope they'll still be watched and enjoyed in another hundred years, too. I think they will - watching these reactors join into 90 years of fandom... yes, I think they'll still be around. I can't say that for many modern films.

[@THOMMGB]

@@Cbcw76That’s actually a very perceptive comment. Some films really connect with people on such a personal level that they became timeless just like this one.

[@cvonbarron]

HI Cassie, this movie is now officially the oldest one you've reacted to. Released in 1934, it's celebrating it's 90th anniversary this year. Fun fact: This film was the first film to win the big 5 Oscats. Best Picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay. The other 2 films to do that are The Slience of the Lambs, which you've reacted to and, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest, which you havent' reacted to, but i recomment it, it's a classic.

[@ryansyler8847]

The bus driver who confronts Gable when he's throwing the newspapers out of the bus window is played by Ward Bond. He's one of the most prolific actors of Golden Age Hollywood. He seems to pop up everywhere. He has a role (some small, some large) in nearly every major motion picture from the 1920s to the 1950s. He's in The Grapes of Wrath, Gone With the Wind, Young Mr. Lincoln, Bringing Up Baby, The Maltese Falcon, It's a Wonderful Life, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, My Darling Clementine, Mr. Roberts, and The Searchers. And that's only scratching the surface.

[@JayM409]

Another Rom Com you will like from the same period is 'Bringing up Baby,' staring Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. The driver who picked them up hitch hiking played Little John in the Movie 'Robin Hood.'

[@matt01506]

A great old school movie you would enjoy is "charade" with Cary grant and Audrey Hepburn. It even has one of your favourites in it "Walter matthau" (max in grumpy old men). Another old school absolute classic that i can't believe no one has ever reacted to is "the birdman of alcatraz"

[@cbobwhite5768]

Back in the 50's and 60's, on TV, you never saw a couple sleeping in the same bed.

[@robertsleeth861]

Actually, I recently finished watching The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV series and they were shown in the same bed in the '50s. They might be the first.

[@FloridaMugwump]

Mary Kay and Johnny was the first program to show a couple sharing a bed, and the first series to show a woman's pregnancy on television: Mary Kay became pregnant in 1948 and after unsuccessfully trying to hide her pregnancy, the producers wrote it into the show. This was the very beginning of TV. In 1948, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one television while 75 percent did by 1955

[@robertsleeth861]

@FloridaMugwump OK. Never heard of that show.

[@a35362]

Clark Gable was also in a little movie called Gone With the Wind. I think you might like it.

[@robynmurray7421]

From the same era, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time, Top Hat or Shall We Dance. Lots if wisecracks and misunderstandings but with dancing. Roman Holiday has a similar theme of a runaway princess and a newspaper reporter.

[@Cheryworld]

Clark Gables most famous movie is "Gone with the Wind" An all time classic. A lot of romance in it, and many other things

[@thatperformer3879]

I’m more surprised she’s watching this first before GWTW.

[@parallaxnick637]

@@thatperformer3879 Kinda glad personally. Never liked that movie.

[@colliric]

Lots of fans of Gone With The Wind, but no one telling her Gable's final film is the GOAT of 60s drama movies, The Misfits. Marilyn Monroe's absolute GOAT acting performance, sadly her final film, and Gable's actual greatest acting performance according to the man himself! Eli Wallach, Thelma Ritter and Montgomery Clift firing on all cylinders as the supporting cast. Especially Wallach as Guido!

[@roboct6]

I love that you delve into these old gems. You do it more than most reactors and it is so appreciated. These wonderful stories of days gone by deserve to been seen. Good story telling is good story telling no matter what era.

[@Laivasse]

I had this movie lined up to watch for a while, so I decided to watch it for myself just before coming by to check your reaction. The heartwarming comfiness of some of the scenes in this, like the rainy motel scene and the bus singsong, is ridiculous. Unforgettable movie and Claudette Colbert is gorgeous.

[@tedmaloof234]

The Women, 1939. All star, all women cast. Fast, witty, funny.

[@TrekBeatTK]

And has Toto from Wizard of Oz in it!

[@Jim-Mc]

The Old Dark House is a fantastic spooky /funny movie from this era you (and everyone) should watch.

[@mihaivlas2187]

A true Hollywood classic one of the best films ever made from the golden age of american cinema .

[@suprchickn7745]

Anyone that loves this would love "My Man Godfrey" starring the dashing William Powell and the lovely and hilarious Carole Lombard. Their names definitely deserves to live on as well. Carole was considered "the queen of the screwballs" at the time. She was brilliant!

[@psu01414]

I was so nervous to watch this reaction. This is one of my all time favorite movies and Clark Gable was the first love of my life when I first saw him when I was about 11 years old. I'm so glad you liked this movie. Clark is most famous for playing Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind. While that's his most famous role, I personally like him in several other movies you might want to watch. Boom Town, Teacher's Pet, China Seas, Red Dust are some of my favorites. btw the guy who picked them up when they were hitchhiking was Alan Hale, he played Little John in the Adventures of Robin Hood that your reacted to with Errol Flynn (another of my favorite actors). You might also like Rebel Without A Cause, James Dean was an incredible actor so sad that he died so young in a car accident.

[@irenem3854]

Clark Gable was my first love too! And I was 11 when my mom took me to the theater in the early 70's to see Gone with the wind. I audibly gasped when I saw him at the bottom of the stairs in that first scene. I had never seen such a handsome man, lol After that, I was a gonner.

[@dazehernandez9786]

My uncle was one of the singers on the bus!

[@kw99190]

More fun stuff: the director, Frank Capra, liked to keep stock players. For example, Ward Bond, the bus driver, also played Bert the cop in Capra's It's a Wonderful Life, the one who notices that George's mouth is bleeding. Bond of course played tons of other parts, but I know you guys enjoyed the latter movie.

[@rowenatulley852]

I love old movies! We have a box set of all the Thin Man movies. I think you will LOVE those . . .

[@djgrant8761]

My favourite Clark Gable film is “Teacher’s Pet” (1958).

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

Claudette Colbert is amazing

[@bonitaburroughs8673]

She is. I prefer her version of Imitation of Life over the Ava Gardner version.

[@oneafter9095]

@@bonitaburroughs8673You meant the Lana Turner version.

[@bonitaburroughs8673]

@@oneafter9095 yes that's right. Lana Turner

[@robertsleeth861]

Love her in Cleopatra and Drums Along The Mohawk.

[@Lurch1945]

Her performance and utter sex appeal in Palm Beach Story is unmatched.

[@TheWadetube]

Cassie, fun fact, the driver that picked them up on the side of the road was "Little John" from The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938. and he is the father of Alan Hale Jr. who played the skipper on Gilligan's island, Alan Hale Sr.

[@torquaymouse2236]

Love this film, I've had this movie on DVD for years, one of my all time favourite films.

[@sashmiel6566]

This is where Spaceballs got the plotline

[@stevencraven4897]

The singing driver is Alan Hale, that you might remember as Little John in "The Adventures of Robin Hood". He's also the father of Alan Hale, Jr., who was "The Skipper" on "Gilligan's Island".

[@MisterWondrous]

I must've seen this a dozen times, loving each time. It deserves all the kudos and praise heaped upon it. The actors never looked better.

[@TrekBeatTK]

“Three Little Pigs” had come out the previous year and “Whos Afraid of theBig Bad Wolf” was a hit song at the time

[@antoniorossiz]

You pick such a nice variety of movies. 👍

[@JC-bh8qx]

This is one of my very favorites. Their chemistry was great and his crabbiness/her spoiledness transformation to love set the standard for all other romantic comedies. So glad you saw this! It swept the Oscar's the year it came out 🎉

[@kelseyk530]

Two other classic, iconic screwball comedies with our favorite Cary Grant are Howard Hawke's "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) with Kate Hepburn, whom he made four total films with, which made a reference to the next movie I mention when they are in jail and he's saying that "Constable, she's making all this up in a motion picture she's seen," when she calls him "Jerry The Nipper" which was said in "The Awful Truth" (1937) with Irene Dunne, one of three brilliant films he did with her, and it won Leo McCarey a Best Director Oscar.

[@bradleymillen4974]

In the scene where they are hitchhiking the one that picked them up is Allan Hale Sr. Real life father of "the skipper" on Gilligan's Island.

[@johnyricco1220]

If you’re doing black and white films you have to see the classic Night of the Hunter

[@jsharp3165]

When did you pick up all these edgelords in the comments trashing OG movies? It's embarrassing. These are probably the people who think there are any original ideas in Red Dead Redemption.

[@MrAndreasSaw]

This is the definition of "Masterpiece". Nothing more - and nothing less...

[@ClanMcDuck]

I love this movie! It's a classic. I think it's considered the first romantic comedy and it set the standard for all the rest to come!

[@bulldogbanda4761]

20:24 Clark Gable being a smartass eating a carrot is where Bug Bunny character comes from.

[@timc2346]

Another Classic worth watching is Charade Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant .

[@michaeldmcgee4499]

Another Golden Oldie from around the same time is "My Man Godfrey" with William Powell and Carol Lombard. Worth a look!

[@randycliff4045]

"Clark Gable, eh (click)" -- you're the one that's sweet. William Clark Gable was the 'King of Hollywood', and won Best Actor for this movie. From silent movies, to "Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)", "Gone with the Wind (1939)" and through to "The Misfits (1961)", Gable may well have been THE movie star.