Which of these films first debuted in the U.S.?

From the films listed, the film that debuted in the U.S. first was "It Happened One Night". This 1934 film is a romantic comedy with elements of screwball comedy. It was directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn. The screenplay was written by Robert Riskin and is based on the August 1933 short story "Night Bus" by Samuel Hopkins Adams. In the film, a pampered socialite (Claudette Colbert) tries to get out from under her father's thumb and falls in love with a roguish reporter (Clark Gable).

Besides Colbert (Ellie) and Gable (Peter), the main cast includes 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), Alan Hale as Danker (the singing car driver who wants to steal a suitcase), Arthur Hoyt as Zeke (a motel owner), Blanche Friderici as Zeke's wife, and Charles Wilson as Joe Gordon (newspaper editor and Peter's boss). Uncredited roles were filled with approximately 12 actors and actresses.

The film received huge critical acclaim; it won 5 Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actresses, and Adaptation. At the box office, the profit was just over $2.5 million on a budget of $325,000.

The films "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "Citizen Kane" (1941), and "Casablanca" (1942) all debuted at least five years after the public release of "It Happened One Night".