It Should Happen to You Page #7

Synopsis: Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling 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 -- like making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city. Suddenly all of New York is clamoring for Gladys Glover without knowing why and playboy Evan Adams III is making a play for Gladys that even Pete knows will be hard to beat.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): George Cukor
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1954
86 min
174 Views


- Then there's one on the West Side.

- Yeah?

- And one on the East Side.

- Yeah?

- And one in Grand Central Station.

So now I'm all over the place.

This may be the best lamb chop

I ever had.

one of them's an electric sign.

Did I say that?

You sure know what

to do with chops.

I bet if I held out for eight signs

instead of six, I wouldve got eight.

Fish is what I like.

Did you ever go down

to the Fulton Fish Market?

- No.

- I'd like to take you down there.

- How about tomorrow night?

- Fine.

And on the way down,

you can look at some of my signs.

The Central Park picture's

practically finished.

- Really?

- I just need to get some music.

- I'm dying to see it.

- Next week.

- You know what would be nice?

- What?

If you took pictures of some

of my signs and put it in.

You certainly are one fine cook,

Gladys.

I bet I'm the only cook that's got her

name up on six signs all over New York.

What's the point of it? Where's it

getting you? No place.

No place?

I started out with no signs,

so then I got one sign...

...so then I got six.

So where do you get " no place"?

I don't know what it is, honey,

but I cannot get through to you.

Let me put it this way.

What most people, real people,

want is privacy.

That's about the best thing

anybody can have.

Not me.

- What is this craze to get well-known?

- Why " craze"?

Do you think everybody is so anxious

to be above the crowd?

- Yes.

- ut what's the point of it?

In the first place, everybody can't be

above the crowd, can they?

No. ut everybody can try

if they want to.

ut why isn't it more important to learn

how to be a part of the crowd?

Not me.

It isn't just making a name.

Don't you understand that?

It's making a name stand

for something.

- Names stand for different things.

- So who said not?

- Want my opinion?

- No.

My opinion is this. It's better

if your name stands for something...

...on one block than if it stands

for nothing all over the entire world.

I don't follow your point.

I wish you could. This thing is getting

more in our way every day.

What do you mean " in our way"?

I mean that...

There's a lot of things,

sensible things we could...

...talk about and do and try for...

...but I can't seem

to get you down to Earth.

What's so wonderful about Earth?

Well, when this whole thing is over...

...when the bubble bursts,

I'll show you.

Pete?

Do you like me?

I sure do, except for one thing.

Well, if you do, don't you be

the one to burst the bubble.

okay.

And another thing.

- Could I ask you one question?

- Sure, Gladys.

Would you come out

and look at one sign?

est coffee I ever had

in my whole mouth.

I think that one's my favourite.

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Garson Kanin

Garson Kanin (November 24, 1912 – March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films. more…

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