It Happened in New York is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel and Lyle Talbot. It is based on the play Bagdad on the Hudson by Ward Morehouse and Jean Dalrymple. The plot concerns a New York taxi driver hired as a bodyguard to a film star with a manager who pursues publicity stunts for her.