Editing It Happened One Night (section)

==Influence==
''It Happened One Night'' made an immediate impact on the public. In one scene, Gable undresses for bed, taking off his shirt to reveal that he is bare-chested. An [[urban legend]] claims that, as a result, sales of men's [[Sleeveless shirt#A-shirt|undershirts]] declined noticeably.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/gable1.asp "The shirt off his back."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928073553/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-shirt-off-his-back/ |date=September 28, 2019 }} ''snopes.com'', May 10, 2014. Retrieved: December 7, 2009.</ref> The movie also prominently features a Greyhound bus in the story, spurring interest in bus travel nationwide.<ref>[http://www.greyhound.com/en/about/historicaltimeline.aspx "Historical Timeline."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208220135/https://www.greyhound.com/en/about/historicaltimeline.aspx |date=December 8, 2012 }} ''Greyhound.'' Retrieved: October 14, 2011.</ref>

The unpublished memoirs of animator [[Friz Freleng]] mention that this was one of his favorite films. ''It Happened One Night'' has a few parallels with, and may have even inspired certain characteristics of, the cartoon character [[Bugs Bunny]], who made [[A Wild Hare|his first appearance]] six years later, and who Freleng helped develop. In the film, a minor character, Oscar Shapely, continually calls the Gable character "Doc," an imaginary character named "Bugs Dooley" is mentioned once in order to frighten Shapely, and there is also a scene in which Gable eats carrots while talking quickly with his mouth full, as Bugs does.<ref>Dirks, Tim. [http://www.filmsite.org/itha.html "Review: 'It Happened One Night'."] ''filmsite.org''. Retrieved: December 7, 2009.</ref>