Slide Show: The Nation's Oscars

It Happened One Night (1935)

The first film to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay), Frank Capra's screwball comedy causes a sensation with its ribald humor and the presence of a shirtless Clark Gable (pictured with co-star Claudette Colbert). The Nation's William Troy is charmed, describing the film as "exceptionally well put together from almost every point of view." (Photo: Everett Collection)