History Film / ItShouldHappenToYou

On Columbus Circle, she manages to rent a billboard which plainly displays her name. Complications arise when ad executives need it for an [[BrandX Adams soap campaign]], and [[GeniusDitz through smart bargaining]], Gladys makes a deal to change that one solitary billboard into six, all across New York City. This, in turn, makes her a local celebrity with everyone wondering about Gladys Glover.

* NiceHat: Gladys’ feather hat hits Pete a few times.
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: In an ad where Gladys has to pretend to have been over-weight and used “Kwik Slim” to shed the pounds, she complains that it’s crooked and wrong.

Things blow up significantly for Gladys: she's getting TV spots, radio spots, her own Adams soap campaign, and being romanced by [[MillionairePlayboy Evan Adams III]] (Peter Lawford), the heir to the soap empire. Meanwhile, Pete isn’t happy with any of Gladys' schemes to become a household name, or the fact that he doesn’t have a fair chance of getting Gladys with a millionaire playboy lurking around.

--->'''Gladys Glover''': ''[necking with Evan]'' You must be pretty experienced, huh?
--->'''Evan Adams III''': In what way?
--->'''Gladys Glover''': Well, I mean…you, I guess, you do quite a lot of this, don’t you?
--->'''Evan Adams''': I supposed I do my share.

--->'''Ilka Chase''': At what age should a girl marry? It seems to me Dr. Manning that it’s very dangerous to generalize.
--->'''Dr. Manning''': We have found out after many years of research—
--->'''Constance Bennett''': I quite agree with Ilka. I know lots of girls that have been married at sixteen, and very happily, too.
--->'''Dr. Manning''': Well, statistics show us that---
--->'''Wendy Barrie''': But Connie, for a certain type maturity is terribly important.
--->'''Dr. Manning''': Now, if you take---
--->'''Ilka Chase''': Gladys, what do you think?
--->'''Gladys Glover''': Well, ''[takes sip of water]'', I think if they’re big enough, they’re old enough.

* InWithTheInCrowd: On her date with Adams III:
--->'''Gladys Glove'''r: ''[Dancing with Evan and looking over his shoulder]'' Look!
--->'''Evan Adams III''': What?
--->'''Gladys Glover''': Walter Winchell!
--->'''Evan Adams III''': ''[Nonchalantly]'' Oh, yes.
--->'''Gladys Glover''': That's the seventh big name I've seen tonight. What a night!

--->'''Gladys Glover''': I’ve certainly done a lot awful things in my life, some of them pretty stupid, but never crooked.

--->'''Pete Sheppard''': Say, if you care to give me your address, I could drop you a postcard and fix it up for you to see this picture when it gets done.
--->'''Gladys Glover''': I'd give my right arm to see myself in the movies.
--->'''Pete Sheppard''': You don't have to give me your right arm. Just give me your right address.
--->'''Gladys Glover''': 262 West 61st Street, Room 9.
--->'''Pete Sheppard''': Well, so long Gladys.
--->'''Gladys Glover''': ''[Extends her hand but instead of him shaking it, Pete kisses it impulsively. She's taken aback]''
--->'''Pete Sheppard''': I saw a fella do that in a French movie last week. I've been meaning to try it ever since.

--->'''Gladys Glover''': WAIT A SECOND! Wait a minute! HEY WAIT! Painters! Wait a minute! Hey sign painters, listen. Listen! G! G!
--->(…)
--->Not "c" like you got it, "g" like you haven’t got it.
** Gladys with a "y" instead of an "i".

Wandering around Central Park, she meets documentary filmmaker Pete Sheppard (Creator/JackLemmon) [[LoveAtFirstSight who falls for her instantly]]. Gladys, on the other hand, is inspired by Pete's twist on a famous saying (“where there's a way, there's a will”), and decides to finally get out of her rut.

[[caption-width-right:350: The [[DumbBlonde Dumb Blonde]] is quite the {{Determinator}}.]]

Wondering around Central Park, she meets documentary filmmaker Pete Sheppard (Creator/JackLemmon) [[LoveAtFirstSight who falls for her instantly]]. Gladys, on the other hand, is inspired by Pete's twist on a famous saying (“where there's a way, there's a will”), and decides to finally get out of her rut.

Released in 1954, ''It Should Happen to You'' stars Judy Holliday playing her magnificent dumb blonde role, Jack Lemmon in his feature-film debut, and was directed by RomanticComedy genius, Creator/GeorgeCukor.

* SlidingScaleOfFilmObscurity: Around a 5. Sadly, Judy Holliday movies aren't well known, mostly attributed to her early death from cancer.