Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert Star in Frank Capra’s Screwball Comedy Classic
Regarded as the first screwball comedy, It Happened One Night almost didn’t happen. Once it did, the magic was apparent.
The format of It Happened One Night, the first screwball and romantic comedy, is still seen in romantic comedies today: boy and girl meet, fall in love, fight, break up, yet find true happiness in the end.