It Happened One Night (Criterion Collection)

A spoiled heiress (Claudette Colbert) fleeing her dad's tough-love efforts to have her impulsive marriage annulled. An intemperate reporter (Clark Gable) looking for a career-salvaging scoop. A misadventurous road trip that takes them up the East Coast and into each other's arms propels Frank Capra's seminal screwball charmer that became a sleeper hit and netted the five major Academy Awards. Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Alan Hale also star. 105 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; bonus documentary "Frank Capra's American Dream" (1997); bonus short "The Ballad of Fisher's Boarding House" (1922); AFI Capra tribute; featurettes; theatrical trailer.