Academy Awards archive

It Happened One Night Oscar Nominations & Wins

It Happened One Night has 5 Academy Award records in the AwardWentTo archive, including 5 wins.

Wins recorded in the archive

All 5 award records

Counts reflect film-linked records in this archive. Historical, special and honorary awards may be included; these are not a verified competitive-award total. Years identify the source film eligibility year.

It Happened One Night: all recorded nominations and wins
Film yearCategory / credited nomineeRecorded result
Film year1934Best Actor
Credited nominee / recipientClark Gable

Peter Warne

Win recorded
Film year1934Best Actress
Credited nominee / recipientClaudette Colbert

Ellie Andrews

Win recorded
Film year1934Best Director
Credited nominee / recipientFrank Capra
Win recorded
Film year1934Best Picture
Credited nominee / recipientColumbia
Win recorded
Film year1934Adapted Screenplay
Credited nominee / recipientRobert Riskin
Win recorded
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