Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential videoDirector Frank Capra (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) took home every Oscar in the book (well, okay, all the major ones) for this seminal 1934 comedy starring Clark Gable as a hard-bitten reporter who stays close to a runaway heiress (Claudette Colbert) rather than lose a good story.
Funny and sexy, the film is full of memorable scenes often referred to in other films, such as the "walls of Jericho" (a mere bedcover hung on a line down the middle of a room so opposite-sex roommates can get undressed), and Colbert's famous flash of thigh to stop a speeding car in its tracks. Capra's brisk, urbane brand of wit was a perfect complement to his populist faith in the common man (in this case, Gable's character), and that inspired combination makes this film both a spirited entertainment and an uplifting experience. --Tom Keogh
Product Details
- Actors: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas
- Directors: Frank Capra
- Writers: Robert Riskin, Samuel Hopkins Adams
- Producers: Frank Capra, Harry Cohn
- Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Special Edition, NTSC
- Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- DVD Release Date: December 28, 1999
- Run Time: 105 minutes
