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Tapahtui huomenna

Original title: It Happened Tomorrow
  • 19441944
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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POPULARITY
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2,534
Linda Darnell and Dick Powell in Tapahtui huomenna (1944)
ComedyFantasy
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 clairvoya... Read allA 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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
2.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
20,374
2,534
  • Director
    • René Clair
  • Writers
    • Dudley Nichols(screenplay)
    • René Clair(screenplay)
    • Lord Dunsany(originals)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Linda Darnell
    • Jack Oakie
Top credits
  • Director
    • René Clair
  • Writers
    • Dudley Nichols(screenplay)
    • René Clair(screenplay)
    • Lord Dunsany(originals)
  • Stars
    • Dick Powell
    • Linda Darnell
    • Jack Oakie
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    • 42User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 3 nominations total

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    Linda Darnell and Dick Powell in Tapahtui huomenna (1944)
    Linda Darnell and Dick Powell in Tapahtui huomenna (1944)
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    Linda Darnell and Dick Powell in Tapahtui huomenna (1944)
    Dick Powell in Tapahtui huomenna (1944)

    Top cast

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    Dick Powell
    Dick Powell
    • Larry Stevens
    Linda Darnell
    Linda Darnell
    • Sylvia Smith
    Jack Oakie
    Jack Oakie
    • Cigolini
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Inspector Mulrooney
    John Philliber
    • Pop Benson
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    • Mr. Gordon
    Sig Ruman
    Sig Ruman
    • Mr. Beckstein
    George Chandler
    George Chandler
    • Bob
    Eddie Acuff
    Eddie Acuff
    • Jim
    Edward Brophy
    Edward Brophy
    • Jake Shomberg
    Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle
    • Shep
    Luis Alberni
    Luis Alberni
    • Restaurant Owner
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Show Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bacon
    • Racetrack Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Vangie Beilby
    • Wedding Witness
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Gambler
    • (uncredited)
    Lulu Mae Bohrman
    • Show Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • René Clair
    • Writers
      • Dudley Nichols(screenplay) (adaptation)
      • René Clair(screenplay) (adaptation)
      • Lord Dunsany(originals)
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    Storyline

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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).
    • 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.
    • 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.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Aikavaras (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
      (uncredited)

      Traditional Irish melody

      Lyrics by Thomas Moore

      [Sung by those gathered at the beginning]

    User reviews42

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    8/10
    Nobody Believes in Miracle Nowadays
    In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Lawrence 'Larry' Stevens (Dick Powell) is an ambitious reporter of The Evening News. One day, he is celebrating with his colleagues and he tells his friend Pop Benson (John Philliber) 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 (Jack Oakie) and his gorgeous niece Sylvia Smith (Linda Darnell) 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 (Edgar Kennedy). 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.

    "It Happened Tomorrow" is a delightful and fantastic romantic comedy by René Clair. The plot is very funny and entertaining with a perfect combination of romance and comedy. Linda Darnell and Dick Powell have a stunning chemistry, and Jack Oakie is hilarious. The sequence when the gossipers see Sylvia breaking in her room through the external window dressed like a man and believe that she is having an affair is one of the funniest moments of this great film. My vote is eight.

    Title (Brazil): "O Tempo é Uma Ilusão" ("The Time is an Illusion")
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 16, 1953 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • It Happened Tomorrow
    • Production company
      • Arnold Pressburger Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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