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2 unusual facts about It Can't Happen Here


It Can't Happen Here

Starting in 1936 the WPA, a New Deal agency, performed the theatre version across the country.

A film version was in preparation at this time at MGM, but studio head Louis B. Mayer soon canceled the production to the publicly announced pleasure of the Nazi regime in Germany.


Dandridge Sisters

The Dandridge Sisters appeared as a singing group in the films It Can't Last Forever, Snow Gets Into Your Eyes, The Big Broadcast of 1936, A Day at the Races, Irene, and Easy to Take.

Gareth Hunt

In 1984 he appeared in the film Bloodbath at the House of Death and in 1988 he played many parts in the Pet Shop Boys' film It Couldn't Happen Here.

Neil Dickson

He also appeared alongside Barbara Windsor, Joss Ackland & the late Gareth Hunt in the Pet Shop Boys film, It Couldn't Happen Here, Lionheart, David Lynch's Inland Empire, King of the Wind, Ridley Scott's Body of Lies and Charles Dennis's "The Favour of Your Company" and "Atwill".


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