an extra blanket, and the little tin trumpet that he had gotten for them. As they look at the cabin, the toy trumpet sounds a fanfare, the blanket falls to the floor, and the lights in the cabin go out. Cast Clark Gable as Peter Warne, a recently fired newspaper reporter Claudette Colbert as Ellen "Ellie" Andrews, a spoiled heiress of millions Walter Connolly as Alexander Andrews, Ellie's millionaire father Roscoe Karns as Oscar Shapeley, an annoying bus passenger who tries to pick up Ellie Jameson Thomas as "King" Westley, Ellie's fiancé (or husband); a pilot and fortune-hunter Alan Hale as Danker, the singing car driver who wants to steal the suitcase Arthur Hoyt as Zeke, a motel owner Blanche Friderici as Zeke's wife Charles C. Wilson as Joe Gordon, newspaper editor and Peter's boss Uncredited roles Production Casting Neither Gable nor Colbert was the first choice to play the lead roles. Miriam Hopkins rejected the part of Ellie. Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy were then offered the roles, but both turned down the script. Loy later noted that the final story as filmed bore little resemblance to the script that she and Montgomery had been given. Margaret Sullavan also rejected the part. Constance Bennett was willing to accept the role if she could produce the film herself but Columbia Pictures would not agree to that condition. Bette Davis then wanted the role but she was under contract with Warner Brothers and Jack L. Warner refused to lend her. Carole Lombard was unable to accept because Columbia's proposed filming schedule would conflict with her work on Bolero at Paramount. Loretta Young also turned it down. Harry Cohn suggested Colbert, who initially turned down the role. Her first film, For the Love of Mike (1927), had been directed by Capra and was such a disaster that neither wanted to work with the other again. Later, she agreed to the role only if her salary was doubled to $50,000 and if her scenes were completed in four weeks so that she could take a planned vacation. According to Hollywood legend, Gable was lent to Columbia Pictures, then considered a minor studio, as punishment for refusing a role at his own studio. That tale has been partially refuted by more recent biographies. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer did not have a project ready for Gable and the studio was paying him his contracted salary of $2,000 per