On September 20, 1934, the romantic comedy film "It Happened One Night," directed by Frank Capra and starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, was released in Argentina. The film had initially been released in the United States on February 22, 1934, and went on to become a massive critical and commercial success.
"It Happened One Night" tells the story of a spoiled heiress (Colbert) who runs away from her father and meets a cynical newspaper reporter (Gable). As they travel together, they develop an unlikely romance despite their initial dislike for each other.
The film is notable for several reasons. It was the first movie to win all five major Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay. This achievement was not matched until "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" in 1975 and later by "The Silence of the Lambs" in 1991.
"It Happened One Night" is also credited with establishing several romantic comedy tropes that have been used in countless films since, such as the "meet-cute" and the "opposites attract" dynamic between the lead characters. The film's success also helped to cement the stardom of both Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
One famous scene from the movie involves Gable's character undressing and revealing that he is not wearing an undershirt. This supposedly led to a significant decline in undershirt sales in the United States.
"It Happened One Night" is considered a classic of the romantic comedy genre and has been preserved in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
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