Director: Frank Capra (also directed It's A Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace)
Stars: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert
"I'll stop a car........ and I won't use my thumb."
(my favorite of all Colbert's lines!)
Ellie (Colbert), daughter of a famous millionaire, marries King Westley at a Justice of the Peace, but her father's goons drag her away directly after the ceremony. She's of age, but her father disapproves and tries to keep her on his yacht in Florida. But she escapes and hops a bus to New York, where her husband is waiting for her.
On the bus, she meets a reporter, Peter Warne (Gable), who, seeing she can't take care of herself, tries to teach her what life in the real world is like. He soon discovers who she really is (not just any spoiled brat!), and needing a good story to get back into his boss's good graces, decides to basically blackmail her into staying with him and giving him an exclusive, and in return he will not tell her father where she is.
On their little adventure, they pose as husband and wife, share a cabin for the night, hitchhike, and basically fall in love.
Words can't express how much I LOVE this movie!!
Two thumbs up!
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