Behind the Scenes
Director
Born Francesco Rosario Capra in Sicily, Italy, Frank Capra moved to L.A. while still a youngster, and that's where he made his name—we mean, that's where he became the Frank Capra. Known for the...
Screenwriter
Robert Riskin won an Oscar for It Happened One Night's screenplay, which was adapted from a story by Samuel Hopkins Adams. That's nothing to sneeze at, and Riskin was quite an accomplished guy. But...
Production Studio
Columbia Pictures was still an underdog studio when It Happened One Night hit it big. In fact, the studio had to rely on help from other studios just to get the film made: Clark Gable, for example,...
Production Design
Screwball ComedyIt Happened One Night is sometimes called the first screwball comedy. It's credited with starting a trend that lasted throughout Hollywood's 1930s and1940s, and it gave rise to clas...
Music (Score)
With music by Howard Jackson and Louis Silvers, It Happened One Night features the soaring score you'd expect in a love story of its era.There are other musical moments in the film, though: Moments...
Fandoms
As the winner of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute and recipient of countless other Hollywood honors, Frank Capra holds his own among cinema's brightest directorial star...