Did this film accidently inspire Cocktail?

My research for this film extended to knowing it was one of three films to ever win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Screenplay) see also One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). I didn't know however that both Gable and Colbert hating the filming, process and entire prospect of It Happened One Night.

This film was hilarious, comic timings delivered with epic control and several scenes still make me laugh thinking of them.{Hitch-hiking scene and the bed sheets}.

We have a plot we've seen hundreds of times, rich privileged girl clashes with gruff handsome drunk. Love ensues. {African Queen and Star Wars spring immediately to mind} Ashamedly so does Cocktail but we can ignore that.

However, we don't need to be reminded by the pre war cinematography and the abuse of fedora hats that this really sets an early trend in film romances. Though I wouldn't attribute the original plot line to Frank Capra.

What makes this film stand out for me is that despite the genre defining, incredible script and the leading stars is that the interplay between Gable and Colbert is so charming and sincere we simply don't mind that we can see the ending a mile away. What's more we look forward to it.