It Might Happen to You

It Might Happen to You
It Might Happen to You
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Santell
Written by	Alfred Santell
Produced by	Louis Weiss
Starring	Billy Mason ; Dorris Dare ; William Harcourt
Production; company	Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures
Distributed by	S & E Enterprises
Release date	November 1920;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated October 27, 2025

It Might Happen to You is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Billy Mason, Dorris Dare and William Harcourt.^[1]

Cast

Billy Mason as J. Worthington Butts Jr.
Dorris Dare as Dolly Bender
William Harcourt as Worthington Butts Sr.
Walter Beckwith as Edward Winton
Violet Mack as Tootsie
Edward Scanlon as Jenks
Helen Adams as Mrs. Butts

Preservation

It is unknown whether the film survives as none of copies were able to locate, likely presumed lost.^[2]

References

↑ Connelly p.367
↑ "American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: It Might Happen to You". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

It Might Happen to You at IMDb

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[1] Connelly p.367

[2] "American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: It Might Happen to You". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2025.

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