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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1954 DVD Release: 01/13/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Japanese SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 13 Genres: Comedy, Romance, Satire, Showbiz Comedy

Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) is an unsuccessful model and actress who believes that a jolt of publicity will do her career a world of good. She gets that publicity by renting a billboard in the middle of Manhattan, emblazoned with her name and photograph. As a result, Gladys is showered with endorsement by (Peter Lawford). He becomes enamored with Gladys, which irritates her "unofficial" boyfriend, documentary-director Pete Sheppard (Jack Lemmon) (in his film debut). Pete grows tired of Gladys' publicity stunt, feeling that it is turning her into an object rather than a human being, but Gladys luxuriates in the fame and fortune. A happy ending may be inevitable, but it's a hard-won happiness for both hero and heroine. Scriptwriter Garson Kanin had intended this as a vehicle for Danny Kaye, but Kanin's wife Ruth Gordon suggested the gender-switch to Judy Holliday, noting that what might seem aggressive from Kaye would appear merely whimsical from Holliday. In one of the best scenes, real-life celebrities Melville Cooper, Ilka Chase and Constance Bennett show up as talk-show panelists -- the ideal magnet for the likes of Gladys Glover, who has become famous merely for being famous. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Judy Holliday - Gladys Glover
Peter Lawford - Evan Adams III
Jack Lemmon - Pete Sheppard
Michael O'Shea - Brod Clinton
Vaughan Taylor - Entrikin

Director George Cukor lends his inimitable touch to this comedy starring Judy Holliday, which gets a simple, but strong, presentation on DVD. It Should Happen to You has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English-language audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono and optional subtitles in English, French, and Japanese are also available. The film's original trailer has been included as a bonus. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide