The progenitor of the Screwball RomCom, Bugs Bunny, the "show some leg" hitchhiking scenes, etc.
The story was recycled in Roman Holiday and Romancing the Stone.
GREAT writing. My favorite line is when Ellie (Claudette Colbert) swipes Peters' (Clark Gable) seat on the bus.
Peter Warne : Excuse me, lady, but that upon which you sit, is mine.
Ellie Andrews : I beg your pardon!
It was pre-code.
Watch it at least once each year...
First movie to clean-sweep the Oscars: Best Picture/Screenplay/Director/Actor/Actress, and in my opinion deservedly so.