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Colbert was reluctant to appear as the " runaway heiress ", Ellie Andrews, in the Frank Capra romantic comedy, It Happened One Night ( 1934 ), opposite Clark Gable and released by Columbia Pictures.

Behind schedule after several actresses had refused the role, the studio accepted Colbert's demand that she be paid $ 50, 000 and that filming was to be completed within four weeks to allow her to take a planned vacation.

Through the filming, Colbert felt that the script was weak, and Capra claimed, Colbert " had many little tantrums, motivated by her antipathy toward me ," however " she was wonderful in the part.