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Harry Cohn suggested Colbert, and she initially turned the role down.

Colbert's first film, For the Love of Mike ( 1927 ), had been directed by Frank Capra, and it was such a disaster that she vowed to never make another with him.

Later on, she agreed to appear in It Happened One Night only if her salary was doubled to $ 50, 000, and also on the condition that the filming of her role be completed in four weeks so that she could take her well-planned vacation.