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Romance/Comedy, 105 min, b/w
Directed by: Frank Capra
Cast: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
Rebellious socialite Ellie Andrews marries King Wesley but her wealthy father has it annulled. Tired of her father's control, she runs away by diving off the family yacht in Miami and heading for New York. On the bus she meets street-smart reporter Peter Warne. They end up traveling together as Warne hopes to get a great story, and Ellie needs his worldly help. Nearing New York, with their many adventures coming to an end, they find that they are reluctantly in love and afraid to admit it to each other.
Clark Gable slapping Claudette Colbert
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Clark Gable.... Peter Warne
Claudette Colbert.... Ellie Andrews
Walter Connolly.... Alexander Andrews
Roscoe Karns.... Oscar Shapeley
Jameson Thomas.... King Westley
Alan Hale.... Danker
Arthur Hoyt.... Zeke
Blanche Friderici.... Zeke's wife
Charles C. Wilson.... Joe Gordon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernie Adams.... The bag thief
Irving Bacon.... Gas station attendant
Ward Bond.... Bus driver #1
Harry C. Bradley.... Henderson
George P. Breakston.... Boy
Charles A. Browne.... Reporter (as Charlie Browne)
James Burke.... Detective
Edmund Burns.... Best man
Ken Carson.... Guitar player on bus
Eddy Chandler.... Bus Driver #2
Wallis Clark.... Lovington
Ray Cooke.... Drunk
Joseph Crehan.... Detective
Ray Creighton.... Bus passenger
Mickey Daniels.... Vendor on bus
Eva Dennison.... Society woman
Neal Dodd.... Minister
Oliver Eckhardt.... Mr. Dykes (owner, Dykes Auto Camp)
Billy Engle.... Bus passenger
Bess Flowers.... Agnes (Gordon's secretary)
Allen Fox.... Bus passenger
Dolores Fuller.... Bit part
Kit Guard.... Bus passenger
Sherry Hall.... Drunk
Frank Holliday.... Detective
Harry Holman.... Auto Camp manager
Harry Hume.... Policeman
Sam Josephson.... Bus passenger
Eddie Kane.... Radio announcer
Milton Kibbee.... Drunk
Mimi Lindell.... Bus passenger
Marvin Loback.... Bus passenger
Rose May.... Bus passenger
William McCall.... Bus passenger
Claire McDowell.... Mother
Kate Morgan.... Bus passenger
Patsy O'Byrne.... Bus passenger
Earl Pingree.... Policeman
Hal Price.... Reporter
Margaret Reid.... Bus passenger
Tom Ricketts.... Prissy old man
Ky Robinson.... Detective
Blanche Rose.... Bus passenger
Rita Ross.... Bus passenger
Matty Roubert.... Newsboy
Harry Schultz.... Bus passenger
Marvin Shechter.... Bus passenger
S.S. Simon.... Bus passenger
Linda Lee Solomon.... Bit part
Bert Starkey.... Bus passenger
Ethel Sykes.... Maid of honor
Jane Talent.... Bus passenger
Emma Tansey.... Bus passenger
Harry Todd.... Flagman at railroad crossing
Maidel Turner.... Manager's wife
Henry Wadsworth.... Drunken boy
John Wallace.... Bus passenger
Fred Walton.... Butler
Dave Wengren.... Bus passenger
Charles Wilroy.... Bus passenger
Frank Yaconelli.... Tony
Directed by
Frank Capra
Writing credits
Samuel Hopkins Adams (story Night Bus)
Robert Riskin (screenplay)
Produced by
Frank Capra.... producer
Harry Cohn.... executive producer
Harry Cohn.... producer
Original Music by
Frank Churchill (song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf")
Howard Jackson
Alfred Lee (song "[The Man on] The Flying Trapeze
George Leybourne (song "[The Man on] The Flying Trapeze")
Ann Ronell (song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf")
Louis Silvers
Non-Original Music by
Richard Wagner ("Wedding March" from opera "Lohengrin")
Cinematography by
Joseph Walker
Film Editing by
Gene Havlick
Art Direction by
Stephen Goosson
Costume Design by
Robert Kalloch
Other crew
Louis Silvers.... musical director
Samuel J. Briskin.... executive assistant: Mr. Cohn
Cliff Shirpser.... assistant camera
Crew verified as complete
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures Corporation [us]
Distributors
Columbia Pictures [us] (1934) (USA) (theatrical)
Columbia TriStar Home Video [us] (USA) (DVD)
Columbia TriStar Home Video [us] (USA) (VHS)
Columbia TriStar Home Video [us] (USA) (laserdisc)
Columbia TriStar [br] (Brazil) (DVD)
Cult & Classic [br] (Brazil) (VHS)
RCA Home Video (video)
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video [us] (USA) (laserdisc)
También conocida como:
Night Bus (USA) (working title)
Lo que sucedió aquella noche (Argentina) [es]
Sucedió una noche (Spain) [es]
Duración: 105 min
País: USA
Idioma: English
Color: Black and White
Sonido: Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
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| 1934 | Won | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Clark Gable In 1996, Steven Spielberg anonymously purchased Clark Gable's Oscar to protect it from further commercial exploitation, gave it back to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, commenting that he could think of "no better sanctuary for Gable's only Oscar than the Motion Picture Academy." |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Claudette Colbert |
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| Best Director Frank Capra |
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| Best Picture |
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| Best Writing, Adaptation Robert Riskin |
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| National Board of Review, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1934 | Won | NBR Award | Best Picture |
| National Film Preservation Board, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1993 | National Film Registry | ||
| PGA Golden Laurel Awards | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 2001 | Won | PGA Hall of Fame - Motion Pictures | unknown |
| Venice Film Festival | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
| 1934 | Nominated | Mussolini Cup | Frank Capra |
