It Happened One Night (1934)

From Silver Screen, 1934

Whoever had the bright idea to team Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable in a comedy directed by Frank Capra ought to get a new contract with another naught at the end of the salary.  So much natural, wholesome, side-splitting fun hasn’t come out of a Hollywood workshop since sex was discovered.  Claudette and Clark just romp all over the place, as natural and gay as two kids with a jar of blackberry jam, and at the end of each sequence you’re sure you’ve had your money’s worth.  But no – it gets funnier and funnier, and Claudette and Clark get more harum-scarum, and by the time of the final fades-out you’re too weak from laughing to go home, and you have to see it all over again.  There’s a scene in which Clark instructs Claudette in the gentle art of hitch hiking, which takes the prize for comedy at its best. . . For an all-around perfect comedy don’t miss this.

From Photoplay, 1934

From Modern Screen, 1934

Positively swell! Boy, howdy, this is one that you cannot afford to miss. It's just one of those rare exceptions that prove the rule. Clark Gable is a newspaper man who trys to help rich-girl Colbert escpae from her father who seems anxious to prevent her marrying a bounder. They, of course, fall in love on their hitch-hike escape and the situations are so real and human that we'll bet you catch yourself smiling plenty of times. Everyone in the picture, especially the stars, seems to have forgotten to "act" and is merely living a very swell slice of life. The dialogue, direction and camera work are superb -- just to make the whole ensemble perfect. Don't let anything keep you away.