It Happens Every Thursday

It Happens Every Thursday
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Pevney
Written byLeonard Praskins
Barney Slater
(adaptation)
Screenplay byDane Lussier
Based onJane S. McIlvaine
(Based upon the novel by)
Produced byLeonard Goldstein
StarringLoretta Young
John Forsythe
CinematographyRussell Metty
Edited byFrank Gross
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Universal International Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • April 22, 1953 (1953-04-22)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

It Happens Every Thursday is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Loretta Young, John Forsythe, and Frank McHugh, loosely based on the 1951 autobiographical book of the same title by Jane S. McIlvaine. It was Loretta Young's final theater-released film, as she switched to television work after this movie. The film cost $617,085 to make, with Young receiving $75,000 for her appearance.[1] After It Happens Every Thursday, Young took a 33-year hiatus from film work of any kind until 1986 when she starred in the TV movie Christmas Eve directed by Stuart Cooper.[2]

  1. ^ Dick p.168
  2. ^ Cooper, Stuart (1986-12-22), Christmas Eve (Drama), Michael Filerman Productions, Republic Television, retrieved 2021-12-13