‘It Happened One Night’ premieres in New York 80 years ago today (Feb 22 1934)


Video: 'It Happened One Night'

(Thursday, February 22, 1934)It Happened One Night, a screwball comedy film about a pampered socialite who tries to get out from under her father’s thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter, premiered today at New York’s Radio City Music Hall.

Directed by Frank Capra, the film starred Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and Walter Connolly.