It Should Happen to You

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

Genre : ComedyRomance

Runtime : 86 mins

Release Date : 1954-01-15

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I love this film so much--another Judy Holliday screwball comedy directed by George Cukor. Notable for the screen debut of Jack Lemmon, Holliday had great screen chemistry with both suitors of her love triangle, Lemmon and Peter Lawford. In today's media-obsessive and Facebook-oriented culture, whe...

Judy Holliday is wonderful in this sparkling little comedy as Gladys Glover, an ex-model with aspirations of stardom. She begins to achieve her big dreams when she blows her life-savings on getting her name plastered on the biggest billboard in town! Jack Lemmon, as her long-suffering, aspiring b...

A time capsule from 1950s New York, which is so prominent on screen that it practically becomes a character in its own right. As always, Judy Holliday is great fun as the fame-chasing lead, and Lemmon’s early charm in his debut film shines through. The satire’s light touch and the plot’s a bit fluf...

Cast

Judy Holliday

(Gladys Glover)

Peter Lawford

(Evan Adams III)

Jack Lemmon

(Pete Sheppard)

Michael O'Shea

(Brod Clinton)

Vaughn Taylor

(Entrikin)

Connie Gilchrist

(Mrs. Riker)

Walter Klavun

(Bert Piazza)

Whit Bissell

(Robert Grau)

Constance Bennett

(Guest Panelist)

Ilka Chase

(Guest Panelist)

Wendy Barrie

(Guest Panelist)

Melville Cooper

(Guest Panelist)

Chris Alcaide

(Air Force Man at Ceremony (uncredited))

George Becwar

(Board Member (uncredited))

Robert Berger

(Board Member (uncredited))

Leonard Bremen

(Allie (uncredited))

Heywood Hale Broun

(Sour Man in Central Park (uncredited))

Chick Chandler

(TV Engineer in Booth (uncredited))

Leo Curley

(Board Member (uncredited))

Mike Donovan

(Bar Patron Watching TV (uncredited))

Ralph Dumke

(Beckhard (uncredited))

Rex Evans

(Con Cooley (uncredited))

Almeda Fowler

((uncredited))

Art Gilmore

(Don Toddman (uncredited))

Kit Guard

(New Room 7 Tenant (uncredited))

Sam Harris

(Nightclub Dancer (uncredited))

Tom Hennesy

(Board Member (uncredited))

James Hyland

(Bartender (uncredited))

Earl Keen

(Board Member (uncredited))

Kenner G. Kemp

(Nightclub Dancer (uncredited))

Harold J. Kennedy

(Photographer (uncredited))

Jack Kruschen

(Joe (uncredited))

Herbert Lytton

(Sound Man (uncredited))

Stan Malotte

(Board Member (uncredited))

Hank Mann

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Louis Mason

(Man at Macy's (uncredited))

Margaret McWade

(Elderly Lady at Macy's (uncredited))

Patrick Miller

(Photographer (uncredited))

Mort Mills

(Photographer (uncredited))

Forbes Murray

(Military Publicity Function Attendee (uncredited))

Frank Nelson

(Harold at Macy's (uncredited))

Stanley Orr

(Makeup Man (uncredited))

Roger Pace

(Photographer (uncredited))

John Saxon

(Boy Watching Argument in Park (uncredited))

Ted Thorpe

(Assistant Photographer (uncredited))

Patrick Waltz

(Photographer (uncredited))

Cora Witherspoon

(Macy's Saleslady (uncredited))

Marjorie Woodworth

(Blonde at Macy's (uncredited))

Mary Young

(Elderly Customer at Macy's (uncredited))

Charles Perry

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Chet Brandenburg

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Edwin Chandler

(Board Member (uncredited))

Dick Cherney

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Beulah Christian

(Air Force Ceremony Guest (uncredited))

Tom Cound

(Assistant Photographer (uncredited))

Paul Cristo

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Helen Dickson

(Shopper (uncredited))

Raoul Freeman

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Dick Gordon

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Herschel Graham

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(Air Force Ceremony Guest (uncredited))

Merrill McCormick

(Guest (uncredited))

James Nusser

(Board Member (uncredited))

Loretta Russell

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Paul Power

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Don Richards

(Photographer (uncredited))

Sam Savitsky

(The People Speak Guest (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Walter Bacon

(Bar Patron (uncredited))

Leah Baird

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Mary Bayless

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Arthur Berkeley

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Oscar Blank

(Waiter (uncredited))

Luis Delgado

(Air Force Ceremony Guest (uncredited))

Charles Fogel

(Nightclub Patron (uncredited))

George Kitchel

(Lieutenant (uncredited))

Howard Price

(Photographer (uncredited))

Grant Scott

(Air Force Man at Ceremony (uncredited))

John Veitch

(Air Force Man at Ceremony (uncredited))

Chalky Williams

(Bartender (uncredited))