It Happened One Night (1934)

USA, 105 min
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Basic facts

Original title It Happened One Night
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Awards
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1934-08-27

Cast

Clark Gable
Peter Warne, journalist

Claudette Colbert
Ellie Andrews

Walter Connolly
Alexander Andrews

Roscoe Karns
Oscar Shapeley, pratmakare

Jameson Thomas
King Westley, flygare

Alan Hale
Danker

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Titles

Original title
  • It Happened One Night
Swedish release title
  • Det hände en natt
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Det hände en natt
Working title
  • Night Bus

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Assistant Cameraman
Costume Designer

Cast

Clark Gable Peter Warne, journalist
Claudette Colbert Ellie Andrews
Walter Connolly Alexander Andrews
Roscoe Karns Oscar Shapeley, pratmakare
Jameson Thomas King Westley, flygare
Alan Hale Danker
Arthur Hoyt Zeke
Blanche Frederici Zekes fru
Charles C. Wilson Joe Gordon
- Ej krediterade:
Ward Bond första busschauffören
Eddy Chandler andra busschauffören
Wallis Clark Lovington
Harry Bradley Henderson
Charles A. Browne (as Charlie Browne) journalist
Hal Price journalist
Harry Holman föreståndare för bilcamping
Maidel Turner bilcampingföreståndarens fru
Irving Bacon bensinstationsföreståndare
Harry Todd signalisten vid järnvägskorsningen
Henry Wadsworth berusad ung man
Claire McDowell modern
Ky Robinson civilpolis
Frank Holliday civilpolis
James Burke civilpolis
Joseph Crehan civilpolis
Matty Roubert tidningsbud
Sherry Hall berusad man
Milton Kibbee berusad man
Ray Cooke berusad man
Mickey Daniels försäljare på bussen
Earl Pingree (as Earl M. Pingree) polis
Harry Hume polis
Jack Curtis polis
Oliver Eckhardt Dykes, föreståndare för Dykes Bilcamping
George P. Breakston pojke
Bess Flowers Agnes, Joe Gordons sekreterare
Fred Walton butler
Ethel Sykes brudtärna
Neal Dodd prästen
Edmund Burns best man
Tom Ricketts en gammal man
Eva Dennison societetsdam
Eddie Kane hallåman i radio
Frank Yaconelli Tony
Kate Morgan busspassagerare
Rose May busspassagerare
Sam Josephson busspassagerare
Bert Starkey busspassagerare
Margaret Reid busspassagerare
Ray Creighton busspassagerare
Rita Ross busspassagerare
Ernest S. Adams (as Ernie Adams) busspassagerare
John Wallace busspassagerare
Billy Engle busspassagerare
Allen Fox busspassagerare
Marvin Loback busspassagerare
Mimi Lindell busspassagerare
Blanche Rose busspassagerare
Dave Wengren busspassagerare
Jane Tallent (as Jane Talent) busspassagerare
Charles Wilroy busspassagerare
Patsy O'Byrne busspassagerare
Kit Guard busspassagerare
Harry Schultz busspassagerare
Emma Tansey busspassagerare
Marvin Schecter busspassagerare
William McCall busspassagerare
S.S. Simon busspassagerare
Ken Carson gitarrspelaren på bussen

Companies

Production Company Frank Capra Productions, Inc.
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Copyright Columbia Pictures Corporation 1934-02-17 LP4497
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) Columbia Film AB 1934
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Nordisk Film AB 2001

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 50904
Date 1934-08-16
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2980 meters
Notes Visningskopiorna längd: 2918 m.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Length in metres 2875 meter
Length in minutes 105 min


Original work

Original title Night Bus (Short story)
Author Samuel Hopkins Adams


Production location

(omtagningar) 1934-01-08 1934-01-12
1933-11-21 1933-12-22
Bush Gardens Pasadena, Kalifornien USA
Franklin Canyon Reservoir, Santa Monica Mountains Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Redwood Lodge Thousand Oaks, Kalifornien USA
Ventura Boulevard Thousand Oaks, Kalifornien USA
Encino San Fernando Valley, Kalifornien USA
Sunland San Fernando Valley, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1934-02-22 New York City, New York USA 105 min
Release in Sweden 1934-08-27 Rialto Stockholm Sweden 107 min
1934-08-27 Ripp Stockholm Sweden 107 min
1934-08-27 Riri Stockholm Sweden 107 min
1934-08-27 Ritz Stockholm Sweden 107 min
1934-08-27 Rivoli Stockholm Sweden 107 min
TV showing 1966-07-10 TV Sweden
1971-10-15 TV1 Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 1991-05-02
1991-05-09
1991-09-21
1992-01-12
1992-03-26
1992-10-10
TV showing 1995-05-21 TV2 Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia 1996-10-13
DVD release 2001-02-19 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
Lyrics Frank E. Churchill (engelsk text 1933)
Ann Ronell (engelsk text 1933)
Dardanell (svensk text)
Dix Dennie (svensk text)
Musical Adaptation Frank E. Churchill (1933)
Ann Ronell (1933)
Singer Clark Gable


Original title The Flying Trapeze
Composer Gaston Lyle (1867)
Lyrics Gaston Leybourne (1867)
Singer kör (busspassagerarna)


Awards

Academy Award of Merit Hollywood 1934 (bästa film)

Related films

Precious Images (1986) It Happened One Night (1934)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2867


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 2
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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