Boy Meets Girl (1938) | |
Director(s) | Lloyd Bacon |
Producer(s) | Samuel Bischoff (associate uncredited), Hal B. Wallis (executive uncredited), Jack L. Warner (executive uncredited) |
Top Genres | Comedy |
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Boy Meets Girl (1938) was a Comedy Film directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner and Samuel Bischoff.
SYNOPSIS
Snappy patter enlivens this screwball parody about two Hollywood screenwriters who are running out of ideas until they decide to make their friend's baby a star.
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By Movies, Silently on Jun 19, 2013 From Movies SilentlyI had this idea rattling around my head and thought I would post on it. Famous last words. You know that old script shorthand: Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl. Well, I applied variations to silent stars. Obviously, these will not cover every single film these folks starred it but it d... Read full article
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Quotes from
Rossetti:
I've got Larry Toms waiting in your office to hear your story. Come on.
Robert Law: We haven't got any stories.
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson: Tell him one anyway.
Robert Law: Okay. Once there was a fairy princess who lived in a broken down castle, on a broken down river, with a broken down aunt. In fact, she was a broken down princess.
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.
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday: And Simmons, get me some trumpets that sound like trumpets.
Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter: Um, you sure you don't mean trombones, Mr Friday?
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday: I mean trumpets. I'm no musician, but I know what I mean. Trumpets... that slide!
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Robert Law: We haven't got any stories.
J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson: Tell him one anyway.
Robert Law: Okay. Once there was a fairy princess who lived in a broken down castle, on a broken down river, with a broken down aunt. In fact, she was a broken down princess.
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.
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday: And Simmons, get me some trumpets that sound like trumpets.
Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter: Um, you sure you don't mean trombones, Mr Friday?
C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday: I mean trumpets. I'm no musician, but I know what I mean. Trumpets... that slide!
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Facts about
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.
Janet Shaw is in studio records as "Los Angeles Operator" but she doesn't appear in the movie.
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson were the first choices to play the main roles.
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Janet Shaw is in studio records as "Los Angeles Operator" but she doesn't appear in the movie.
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson were the first choices to play the main roles.
read more facts about Boy Meets Girl...