Directed by Frank CapraStarring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns, Jameson Thomas, Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, and Charles C. Wilson
It's seventy-five years old, and it's still one of the best romantic comedies ever made. Gable and Colbert are perfect in their roles, and their journey from hating each other to falling in love is totally believable. This is probably the first classic from Frank Capra, and arguably his best work. Roscoe Karns's extended cameo as sleazy bus passenger Oscar Shapely is one of the many highlights. People have been trying to duplicate the magic this movie made in the decades since it was released, and none have succeeded. One of the earliest classics in the Best Picture roll call.
Other nominees: The Barretts of Wimpole Street (Sidney Franklin), Cleopatra (Cecil B. DeMille), Flirtation Walk (Frank Borzage), The Gay Divorcee (Mark Sandrich), Here Comes the Navy (Lloyd Bacon), The House of Rothschild (Alfred L. Werker), Imitation of Life (John M. Stahl), One Night of Love (Victor Schertzinger), The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke), Viva Villa! (Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, and William A. Wellman), and The White Parade (Irving Cummings)
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