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It Happened One Night

By Robert Riskin - Film

FilmScreen

About this piece

A runaway newspaper heiress and a laid-off reporter cross the Depression-era American South together on a slow bus ride and learn to trust each other.

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classauditionself-tapescreenclassical hollywood
View on Screen Classic Shortlist 2026-04

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