Something Always Happens (1928 film)

{{short description|1928 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Something Always Happens

| image = File:Something Always Happens lobby card.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Frank Tuttle

| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor

| screenplay = Raymond Cannon
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Florence Ryerson
Frank Tuttle

| starring = Esther Ralston
Neil Hamilton
Sôjin Kamiyama
Charles Sellon

| music =

| cinematography = J. Roy Hunt

| editing = Verna Willis

| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1928|3|24}}

| runtime = 55 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Something Always Happens is a 1928 American silent comedy horror film, directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Esther Ralston. The plot was the work of director Frank Tuttle, from which the screenplay was written by Florence Ryerson and Raymond Cannon, and the subtitles were provided by Herman J. Mankiewicz. The supporting cast features Neil Hamilton, Sôjin Kamiyama, Charles Sellon, Roscoe Karns, Lawrence Grant, and Mischa Auer. The picture was released on March 24, 1928, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9403E7DB173CE73ABC4951DFB3668383639EDE|title=Movie Review - Don t Marry - THE SCREEN; The Old-Fashioned Impostor. - NYTimes.com|work=nytimes.com|accessdate=February 11, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=12268|title=Something Always Happens|work=afi.com|accessdate=February 11, 2015}} It is not known whether the film survives, or who holds the rights.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SomethingAlwaysHappens1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: Something Always Happens] at silentera.com

The Oriental character played by Sôjin Kamiyama in the film resembled Fu Manchu, not surprising as Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu character was very popular among filmgoers in 1928. Japanese actor Sojin played similar horror roles in The Bat (1926), The Unholy Night (1929) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929). This film should not be confused with the 1934 sound film of the same title.{{cite book|last=Workman|first=Christopher|last2=Howarth|first2=Troy|year=2016|title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era|publisher=Midnight Marquee Press|page=331|ISBN=978-1936168-68-2}}

In the film, an Englishman arranges for his fiancée to spend the night in a haunted house. He hopes to end her thrill-seeking, but he has unwittingly send her to the mansion of a criminal mastermind from the Orient.