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It Happened Tomorrow ()


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A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

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Larry Stevens
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Sylvia Smith
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Cigolini
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Inspector Mulrooney
John Philliber ...
Pop Benson
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Mr. Gordon
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Mr. Beckstein
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Bob
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Jim
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Jake Shomberg
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Shep
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Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ...
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby ...
Wedding Witness (uncredited)
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Gambler (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Horse Race Spectator (uncredited)
Fairfax Burger ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Andrew (uncredited)
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Policeman at Bridge (uncredited)
Davison Clark ...
Mac (uncredited)
Eddie Coke ...
Sweeney (uncredited)
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Man at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
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A. Seemer (uncredited)
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Mrs. Keaver (uncredited)
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Woman at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
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Spectator at Bridge (uncredited)
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Lizzie (uncredited)
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Anniversary Party Guest (uncredited)
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Sylvia's Father (uncredited)
Jack Gardner ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)
Ben Hall ...
Man on Bridge (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
Carey Harrison ...
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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Man with Watch (uncredited)
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Mulcahey (uncredited)
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Policeman at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
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Sylvia (uncredited)
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Stage Manager (uncredited)
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Anniversary Party Attendee (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
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St. George Hotel Porter (uncredited)
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Great-Granddaughter (uncredited)
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Man at Bridge / Horse Race Spectator (uncredited)
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Joe (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ...
St. George Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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Waitress (uncredited)
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Usher at Opera House (uncredited)
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Show Spectator (uncredited)
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Woman at Boardinghouse (uncredited)
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Woman at Boardinghouse (uncredited)

Directed by

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René Clair ... (as Rene Clair)

Written by

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Dudley Nichols ... (screenplay) and
René Clair ... (screenplay) (as Rene Clair)
 
Dudley Nichols ... (adaptation) and
René Clair ... (adaptation) (as Rene Clair)
 
Lord Dunsany ... (originals) &
Hugh Wedlock Jr. ... (originals) (as Hugh Wedlock) and
Howard Snyder ... (originals)
 
Lewis R. Foster ... (ideas)
 
Helene Fraenkel ... (additional dialogue)

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Theo. W. Baumfeld ... associate producer (as T.W. Baumfeld)
Arnold Pressburger ... producer

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Robert Stolz

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Archie Stout ... director of photography

Editing by

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Fred Pressburger

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Ernö Metzner ... (as Erno Metzner)

Makeup Department

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Ted Larsen ... makeup artist (as Ted Larson)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Henry S. Kesler ... assistant director (as Henry Kessler)

Art Department

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Emile Kuri ... set dresser

Sound Department

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William H. Lynch ... sound (as William Lynch)
Jack Whitney ... sound director (uncredited)

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Guy Roe ... camera operator
Ned Scott ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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René Hubert ... costumer (as Rene Hubert)
Sam Benson ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Stolz ... conductor
Charles Maxwell ... music arranger (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Carley Harriman ... assistant to producer
Arnold Pressburger ... presenter
Eugen Schüfftan ... technical director (as Eugen Schufftan)
Jean Forward ... adr voice (uncredited) / miscellaneous crew (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In the beginning of the 20th century, Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens is an ambitious reporter on "The Evening News." One day while celebrating with his colleagues, he tells his friend Pop Benson that he would like to know the news in advance before it happens. While they are walking on the street, they see a poster of the clairvoyant Cigolini and his gorgeous niece Sylvia Smith and they decide to go to a theater to see the show. Larry flirts with Sylvia and on his way back home, he overhears Pop on the street and the old man tells that he is waiting for him and gives a newspaper to him. Larry does not give much attention and puts the newspaper in the pocket of his jacket. On the next morning, he finds that the newspaper is an edition of the next day. Larry uses the information to scoop about a hold up in the opera house, becoming the prime suspect of Inspector Mulrooney. Larry dates Sylvia and Pop gives another edition of "The Evening News" of the next day. Larry becomes a successful reporter and is promoted and has a raise on his job. He plans to marry Sylvia and decides to find the winners of the horse race. But soon he also learns that he will die on the next day. Now he questions whether the future can be changed. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Also Known As
  • René Clair's It Happened Tomorrow (United States)
  • C'est arrivé demain (France)
  • Es geschah morgen (Germany)
  • Sucedió mañana (Spain)
  • Это случилось завтра (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 85 min
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Trivia (at around 15 mins) Larry Stevens (Dick Powell) quips to his housekeeper, when she asks him if he needs his coat, "Don't you think love might keep me warm?" and winks. This is a nod to Powell's song in On the Avenue (1937). See more »
Goofs In 1896 Cigolini (Jack Oakie) shoos away a (horse-drawn) cabbie with the injunction, "23, Skidoo!" That phrase only became a popular fad in 1905, and there's no record of "23" even by itself as slang before 1899. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Early Edition (1996). See more »
Soundtracks Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms See more »
Quotes Pop Benson: News is what happens. What's the difference whether it happens 50 years ago... or tomorrow?
Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens: You mean Will happen tomorrow.
Pop Benson: No. Time is only an illusion! Look, March 18, 1875. To the people then, this was the future; wasn't it? Well, suppose we were all living on that date in 1875... and I arrived with this book. I can tell you everything that will happen.
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