It Should Happen to You

It Should Happen to You 1954 is a romantic comedy film starring Judy Holliday and Peter Lawford, and notable as the first major screen appearance of Jack Lemmon, who was then an aspiring young actor. The film was directed by George Cukor and filmed on location in New York City. Screenwriter Garson Kanin originally intended the script as a vehicle for Danny Kaye, but Kanins wife, Ruth Gordon, suggested casting Judy Holliday instead. The title was initially A Name for Herself.

The script, by Garson Kanin, is about a naive young woman named Gladys Glover who yearns for fame. Strolling through Central Park, she meets a young handsome man named Pete Sheppard Jack Lemmon. He is a maker of documentaries apparently equipped only with a handheld 16mm camera. He is taking brief shots of people in the park. He films Gladys feeding pigeons and introduces himself.In a rapid piece of exposition, we learn Gladys has been in New York for two years, has just lost her job as a model of girdles, because her hip size islarger than it should be, and still has the 1000, which she saved up. Gladys is discouraged at having gotten nowhere in two years and she wants to make a name for herself. It is clear Pete is taken by Gladys. He gets her address by offering to drop her a postcard when the documentary is finished so she can see herself in it. Really? she says, Id give my right arm to see myself in the movies. You dont need to give me your right arm, says Pete, just give me your right address. Pete encourages Gladys to follow her dreams Where theres a will theres a way, and where theres a way there is a will. The two then part ways. ........

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