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* TheRedStapler: Unusual example, even inversion. The film is partially credited with the idea of making it cool to go without an undershirt, and causing a drop in sales of them.
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** Director Creator/FrankCapra and Gable were on edge with other at first, since Gable was only doing it for contractual reasons; Capra's original choice, Robert Montgomery, had not only turned the film down but said the script was awful, and after many other stars of the era turned it down Gable was imposed on Capra by the studio. However, they soon came to like each other.[[note]]Capra said years later that this was Gable's only performance that reflected who he was off camera[[/note]]
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** Director Creator/FrankCapra and Gable Creator/ClarkGable were on edge with other at first, since Gable was only doing it for contractual reasons; Capra's original choice, Robert Montgomery, Creator/RobertMontgomery, had not only turned the film down but said the script was awful, and after many other stars of the era turned it down Gable was imposed on Capra by the studio. However, they soon came to like each other.[[note]]Capra said years later that this was Gable's only performance that reflected who he was off camera[[/note]]
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* ThrowItIn: The at-the-time shocking ShirtlessScene came about because Clark Gable had trouble removing his undershirt to keep the flow of the scene going--so he went without it.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It's fascinating to see how a RoadTripPlot plays out in an era when car ownership was far from universal, and when train travel was a bit of a luxury, so bus lines were the most affordable way to travel long distances in America. And bus trips had their own little rituals, like stopping for meals or people walking down the aisles hawking items for sale. And also, it's an era when motels had detached cabin rooms and community showers.
** TheGreatDepression is hinted at, with the other guests at the auto camp presumably being displaced migrants, and the hobos riding on the freight train that halts the cars in the climax.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It's fascinating to see how a RoadTripPlot plays out in an era when car ownership was far from universal, and when train travel was a bit of a luxury, so bus lines were the most affordable way to travel long distances in America. And bus trips had their own little rituals, like stopping for meals or people walking down the aisles hawking items for sale. And also, it's an era when motels had detached cabin rooms and community showers.
** TheGreatDepression is hinted at, with the other guests at the auto camp presumably being displaced migrants, and the hobos riding on the freight train that halts the cars in the climax.
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* ThrowItIn: The at-the-time shocking ShirtlessScene came about because Clark Gable Creator/ClarkGable had trouble removing his undershirt to keep the flow of the scene going--so he went without it.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It's fascinating to see how a RoadTripPlot plays out in an era when car ownership was far from universal, and when train travel was a bit of a luxury, so bus lines were the most affordable way to travel long distances in America. And bus trips had their own little rituals, like stopping for meals or people walking down the aisles hawking items for sale. And also, it's an era when motels had detached cabin rooms and community showers.
** TheGreatDepression is hinted at, with the other guests at the auto camp presumably being displaced migrants, and the hobos riding on the freight train that halts the cars in the climax.it.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** It's fascinating to see how a RoadTripPlot plays out in an era when car ownership was far from universal, and when train travel was a bit of a luxury, so bus lines were the most affordable way to travel long distances in America. And bus trips had their own little rituals, like stopping for meals or people walking down the aisles hawking items for sale. And also, it's an era when motels had detached cabin rooms and community showers.
** TheGreatDepression is hinted at, with the other guests at the auto camp presumably being displaced migrants, and the hobos riding on the freight train that halts the cars in the climax.
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** Creator/ConstanceBennett, Creator/MiriamHopkins, Creator/CaroleLombard[[note]] Who later married Creator/ClarkGable[[/note]] and Creator/MyrnaLoy all turned the lead down for various reasons. Creator/WarnerBros also refused to loan out Creator/BetteDavis, who ''was'' interested in the role, and amusingly would have an infamous AwardSnub to Claudette Colbert for this very film.
** Claudette Colbert initially refused to ShowSomeLeg for the famous hitchhiker scene. So they got a double to do it instead. When Claudette saw the take, she didn't like the double's leg, and ended up showing her own after all.
** Claudette Colbert initially refused to ShowSomeLeg for the famous hitchhiker scene. So they got a double to do it instead. When Claudette saw the take, she didn't like the double's leg, and ended up showing her own after all.
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** Creator/ConstanceBennett, Creator/MiriamHopkins, Creator/CaroleLombard[[note]] Who later married Creator/ClarkGable[[/note]] and Creator/MyrnaLoy all turned the lead down for various reasons. Creator/WarnerBros also refused to loan out Creator/BetteDavis, who ''was'' interested in the role, and amusingly would have an infamous AwardSnub to Claudette Colbert Creator/ClaudetteColbert for this very film.
**Claudette Colbert initially refused to ShowSomeLeg for the famous hitchhiker scene. So they got a double to do it instead. When Claudette saw the take, she didn't like the double's leg, and ended up showing her own after all.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Clark Gable's ShirtlessScene is popularly rumored to have caused undershirts to fall out of fashion, prompting him to wear one in a later film to save the industry. No actual evidence about this has been found.
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* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Clark Gable's ShirtlessScene is popularly rumored to have caused undershirts to fall out of fashion, prompting him to wear one in a later film to save the industry. No actual evidence about this has been found.
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* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Movies: #35
** AFIS100Years100Laughs: #8
** AFIS100Years100Passions: #38
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #46
** AFIS10Top10: #3, Romantic Comedy
** AFIS100Years100Movies: #35
** AFIS100Years100Laughs: #8
** AFIS100Years100Passions: #38
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #46
** AFIS10Top10: #3, Romantic Comedy
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* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Clark Gable's ShirtlessScene is popularly rumored to have caused undershirts to fall out of fashion, prompting him to wear one in a later film to save the industry. No actual evidence about this has been found.
