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No Time for Comedy (1940)

No Time for Comedy poster
Directed by
William Keighley
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A successful playwright struggles to balance his career with his personal life. His wife and a new admirer pull him in different directions as he creates a new play.

light-heartedwittybittersweetplayfulthoughtfulsentimentalmildwhimsical

What happens

No Time for Comedy is a 1940 American comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by S. N. Behrman, starring James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin and Charlie Ruggles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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