On the Road

It Happened One Night happens off the coast of Miami and in New York, but most of all it takes place on the road between these two places—and at various campgrounds along the way.

This is significant, since this is the story of two people who have to leave their comfort zones behind in order to find themselves and each other. Capra's film suggests that they're able to do this in part because they're far from familiar surroundings. Just as their lives are in transition (more than they know), the film stages transition after transition by staying on the move.