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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...
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(Complete credited cast)| James Cagney | ... | Robert Law | |
| Pat O'Brien | ... | J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson | |
| Marie Wilson | ... | Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday | |
| Frank McHugh | ... | Rossetti | |
| Dick Foran | ... | Larry Toms | |
| Bruce Lester | ... | Rodney Bowman | |
| Ronald Reagan | ... | 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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The original award-winning play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA 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 and 1976.
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C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday:
"Tiger Tamer". There it is, right there in the corner. "Tiger Tamer" by J. Carlyle Benson and Robert Law.
Robert Law: That's a forgery! Benson, we've been framed.
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson: Why you...
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday: This is the last prank you boys will ever play.
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Robert Law: That's a forgery! Benson, we've been framed.
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson: Why you...
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday: This is the last prank you boys will ever play.
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References The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
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Boy Meets Girl (1938)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Extremely poor and unfunny spoof of Hollywood has two screenwriters (James Cagney/Pat O'Brien) coming up with a scheme to make their next film a hit. There's a lot of fast talking and some slapstick but I can't help but feel this should have been a film with The Marx Brothers instead. Cagney and O'Brien make a great team in dramas but their comedy act here just doesn't work and it comes off quite forced. The laughs are pushed so hard that it becomes rather annoying very quickly. Ralph Bellamy co-stars in this semi-redo of The Front Page. To date, this is the worst Cagney film I've seen.