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Boy Meets Girl (1938)

 -  Comedy  -  27 August 1938 (USA)
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Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's ... See full summary »

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Robert Law
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J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
Marie Wilson ...
Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook
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C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
Frank McHugh ...
Rossetti
Dick Foran ...
Larry Toms
Bruce Lester ...
Rodney Bowman
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Radio announcer at premiere
Paul Clark ...
Happy Seabrook, the baby
Penny Singleton ...
Peggy, manicurist
Dennie Moore ...
Miss Crews, Friday's secretary
Harry Seymour ...
Green, songwriter
Bert Hanlon ...
Otto Slater, songwriter
James Stephenson ...
Major Thompson
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Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress... Written by David Steele

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27 August 1938 (USA)  »

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Comprando Barulho  »

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Janet Shaw is in studio records as "Los Angeles Operator" but she doesn't appear in the movie. See more »

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Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook: You won't drink too much in Vermont, will you Mr. Law?
Robert Law: Only the heady wine air that has no dregs.
Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook: 'Cause you're crazy enough without drinking.
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"Pretty Lady"
(1932) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the rehearsal dance number
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Good cast and characters
27 December 2000 | by See all my reviews

I didn't find this to be a hilarious comedy, but it's entertaining and has some good performances. Cagney of course is excellent, and Marie Wilson is particularly charming as the naive mother of Happy, Hollywood's newborn sensation. The dialogue is extremely fast (for a challenge, try keeping up with it with your closed-captioning on.) The plot is perhaps a bit silly by today's standards, but good performances make this a worthwhile film. Look out for "in-jokes" about the movie industry, a future American president in a small role, and a lot of trumpets (or are they trombones?) Personally this film never made me laugh out loud, but it made me smile a lot.


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