Boy Meets Girl (1938)
- Directed by
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genre
- screwball comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Two zany screenwriters at a Hollywood studio scheme to keep a pregnant waitress from quitting her job because they think she will be the perfect star for their next movie. They try to manipulate the studio producer and everyone around them to get their way.
fast-pacedwittyzanyplayfulscrewball-energychattylighthearted
What happens
Boy Meets Girl is a 1938 American screwball comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran and Ronald Reagan. The screenplay by Bella and Sam Spewack is based on their 1935 stage play of the same name, which ran for 669 performances on Broadway. The two zany screenwriters played by Cagney and O'Brien were based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, while Ralph Bellamy's part as the producer was based on Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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