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It Happened One Night (1934) Movie Reviews

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ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

This is only right because Capra makes this relatively lightweight film work with his impeccable eye for items that work and his expert planning, economizing the shoot from his usual 6-8 weeks for such a project down to four. As a result, the...read the complete It Happened One Night (1934) review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)

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DVD Net (Amy Flower)

The leads carry the whole film with a fabulous rapport, there's some fabulously witty and engaging scripting and, goodness gracious me, you even get to see some of Claudette's leg - it's scurrilous I tell you!...read the complete It Happened One Night (1934) review at DVD Net (Amy Flower)

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Senses of Cinema (Martha P. Nochimson)

...the final cut of the film is a clever and insightful example of old Hollywood's ability to speak meaningfully about the battle of the sexes, the constraints of the Production Code notwithstanding....read the complete It Happened One Night (1934) review at Senses of Cinema (Martha P. Nochimson)