Winner '34: First Saw It:		It Happened One Night Sometime in college, probably the summer of 1998, on home video
		Bridesmaids:		The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcée, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothschild, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa!, The White Parade
		My Vote:		It Happened One Night, though I have only seen half of the nominees
		Overlooked:		The Scarlet Empress, or the ineligible L'Atalante

It Happened One Night
First screened around 1998 / Most recently screened in April 2020

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Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Clark Gable, Walter Connolly, Charles C. Wilson, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Bess Flowers, Ward Bond, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Oliver Eckhardt, Harry Todd. Screenplay: Robert Riskin (based on the story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams).

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Twitter Capsule: A very funny comedy where characters and feelings have bracing depth. Direction, photography are consummate.

VOR: ⑤  "Opposites attract" did not originate here, but boy did this become a canonical version—with, however, rarely-imitated social and emotional ambitions.

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Photo © 1934 Columbia Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Picture
★	Best Director: Frank Capra
★	Best Actress: Claudette Colbert
★	Best Actor: Clark Gable
★	Best Screenplay: Robert Riskin
Other Awards:
	National Board of Review: Best Picture

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