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One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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")

A newspaper reporter gets a copy of the next day's paper from a mysterious old man, leading to complications and hilarity (not). It's an intriguing premise for both sci-fi and comedy, but this film fails to deliver on either front. The script is uninspired and the pacing is uneven. Even the narrative structure is problematic; the hero's life is endangered but there's no suspense because he's relating the story in a flashback. Powell tries hard to breathe some life into it, but it rarely rises above the level of mild amusement. Darnell is little more than a pretty face here. One good thing is that it wraps up in less than 90 minutes.

In 1932 John Buchan the English author wrote A Gap in the Curtain. In it the participants in the event are asked to visualize a newspaper page one year ahead. Several stories are told of what happens to these people. Several of the events seem to be part of this movie. Did Dunsany get the story from Buchan or vice versa?Dunsany was a science fiction author and Buchan was known for his interest in the occult. The last story in this book is very similar in some ways to the movie, but the focus is different, since it focuses on comedy in the move, but the books reflects the inner struggle of a man who sees that he is going to die according to the newspaper. In both, the ending is happy.

Whimsical 1940's comedy about a newspaper obituary writer Larry Stevens(Dick Powell)being given a copy of the next day's edition by the paper's long time librarian(John Philliber). Now Steven's becomes the newspaper's star reporter, because of his ability to garner big scoops. Steven's falls in love with a lovely illusionist's assistant(Linda Darnell), who works for her uncle(Jack Okie). When Stevens reads his own obituary, things become comical as he tries his best to avoid is own demise. My favorite sequence happens in the hotel lobby, where Stevens is ho-hum certain he will be shot to death.Powell is smooth and effortless. Darnell is ravishing. And Okie's Italian accent adds to the comedy. Others in the cast: Edgar Kennedy, George Cleveland and Sig Rumann.