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James Cagney and Pat O’Brien give Hollywood an affectionate chuck under the chin (and a comic kick in the keister) in this filmmaking spoof based on the same-titled Broadway hit by Bella and Samuel Spewack (My Favorite Wife, Kiss Me, Kate) and zestily directed by Lloyd Bacon (42nd Street).
In roles based on colorful screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, Cagney and O’Brien fling words around like hot potatoes as they invent boy-meets-girl storylines to please a fading cowboy star (Dick Foran) and a huffy producer (Ralph Bellamy).
Their latest idea has a new wrinkle: revenge against the cowboy and the exec. And the madcap way they pull it off places Boy Meets Girl alongside such deft jabs at Tinseltown as Once in a Lifetime and Bombshell. Joining the fun in the role of a beleaguered movie premiere emcee is Ronald Reagan.
Original Release
08/27/1938
US Release
08/27/1938
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Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Robert Law |
Pat O'Brien | J.C. Benson / J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson |
Marie Wilson | Susie Seabrook / Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook |
Ralph Bellamy | C. Elliott Friday / C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday |
Frank McHugh | Rossetti |
Dick Foran | Larry Toms |
Bruce Lester | Rodney Bowman |
Ronald Reagan | Announcer |
Paul Clark | Happy |
Penny Singleton | Peggy |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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James Cagney | Robert Law |
Pat O'Brien | J.C. Benson / J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson |
Marie Wilson | Susie Seabrook / Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook |
Ralph Bellamy | C. Elliott Friday / C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday |
Frank McHugh | Rossetti |
Dick Foran | Larry Toms |
Bruce Lester | Rodney Bowman |
Ronald Reagan | Announcer |
Paul Clark | Happy |
Penny Singleton | Peggy |
Dennie Moore | Miss Crews |
Harry Seymour | Song Writer |
Bert Hanlon | Song Writer |
James Stephenson | Major Thompson |
Curt Bois | Dance Director |
Loia Cheaney | Hospital Nurse |
Eddie Conrad | Jascha Alexander |
Hal K. Dawson | Wardrobe Attendant |
Otto Fries | Olaf - Masseur |
John Harron | Extra Talking to Rodney |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Samuel Bischoff | Producer |