Two screenwriters in a rut come up with a story idea starring a bankable cowboy and the baby of the studio's waitress.Two screenwriters in a rut come up with a story idea starring a bankable cowboy and the baby of the studio's waitress.Two screenwriters in a rut come up with a story idea starring a bankable cowboy and the baby of the studio's waitress.
Curt Bois
- Dance Director
- (uncredited)
Loia Cheaney
- Hospital Nurse
- (uncredited)
Eddie Conrad
- Jascha Alexander
- (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
- Wardrobe Attendant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe original award-winning play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA at the Cort Theatre, 138 W. 48th St. on 27 November 1935 and had 669 performances. The opening cast included Jerome Cowan and Allyn Joslyn as Benson and Law, and 'Everett Sloane' as Rosetti. There were 2 revivals, in 1943 (15 performances) and 1976 (10 performances).
- GoofsAlthough the script repeatedly tells us that Susie (Marie Wilson) is in the advanced stages of pregnancy, her waistline remains trim right up to the time she is taken away to the hospital.
- Quotes
Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook: But don't you think he'd be good for Happy? He's an outdoor man.
Robert Law: So's the guy who collects my garbage.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits are shown on pages of a script, with someone flipping the pages.
- SoundtracksBoy Meets Girl
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
[Played during the opening credits]
Featured review
Bellamy upstages Cagney
Impressively ludicrous and hyperactive Hollywood self-spoof, Cagney and O'Brien play a pair of screenwriters sponging from a studio too free with its money. Double-talk turns to triple-talk as they do battle with various opposing forces (a hapless cowboy star, a college-educated producer, an effete English extra and even Ronald Reagan) to control a baby-star whose career they created while it was still in the womb; they are only defeated by the Eternal Power of Love as Boy Meets Girl, Boy Loses Girl, Boy Finds Girl Again. Cagney, a genius who always struggled to play anyone who remotely resembled a normal human being, and O'Brien speak so fast that even native speakers of English struggle to follow. They would have given the Marx Brothers a run for their manic money.
Yet the greatest lines (and facial expressions) are reserved for Ralph Bellamy, on top form as the dopey producer (presumably a caricature of some well-known figure). Only Bellamy could spin comic gold from a line like "Good Gad, you've been drinking my milk." "It's 1938" says O'Brien. "I know that," replies Bellamy, "but not everyone's an intellectual."
Yet the greatest lines (and facial expressions) are reserved for Ralph Bellamy, on top form as the dopey producer (presumably a caricature of some well-known figure). Only Bellamy could spin comic gold from a line like "Good Gad, you've been drinking my milk." "It's 1938" says O'Brien. "I know that," replies Bellamy, "but not everyone's an intellectual."
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- Dec 26, 2016
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- Der kleine Star
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- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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