It Should Happen to You

It Should Happen to You

That "Born Yesterday" Bombshell Explodes Again!

195486 min7.1 / 10

A bright, romantic comedy about ambition and love in 1950s New York, where a woman's sudden fame through billboards becomes the catalyst for both her rise and her romantic awakening.

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.

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