Clark Gable, also known as "The King of Hollywood," was an American film actor who was born William Clark Gable. During a 37-year career that included three decades as a leading man, he appeared in more than 60 films in a variety of genres. Gable died of a heart attack at the age of 59, and his final on-screen role was as an old cowboy in The Misfits, which was released after his death in 1961.
Gable was one of the most dependable box-office performers in history, featuring sixteen times in Quigley Publishing's annual Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll. The American Film Institute voted him the seventh-greatest male movie star of classic American film. He starred alongside some of the most well-known actresses of the time. Joan Crawford was one of his favorite actresses to work with, and they collaborated on eight films together. He collaborated with Myrna Loy seven times, while he appeared in six productions with Jean Harlow. He also appeared in four films with Lana Turner, as well as three with Norma Shearer and Ava Gardner.
It Happened One Night is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed and co-produced by Frank Capra in partnership with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) seeks to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable). The screenplay by Robert Riskin is based on Samuel Hopkins Adams' short tale "Night Bus," which provided the film's title in August 1933. The film, which is considered a "pre-Code" production, is one of the final romantic comedies made before the MPPDA began strictly enforcing the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code in July 1934. It Happened One Night was only four months old when the law was enacted.
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