No Time for Comedy (1940)
5.4|14 Sept, 1940|98 min
A country boy takes over Broadway . . . until he gets into heart-trouble!
5.4|14 Sept, 1940|98 min
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An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
Keywords
show business
playwright
screwball comedy
broadway
meet cute
workplace romance
romantic dramedy
homewrecker
Casts
James Stewart
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook
Rosalind Russell
Linda Paige Esterbrook
Genevieve Tobin
Amanda 'Mandy' Swift
Charles Ruggles
Philo Swift
Allyn Joslyn
Morgan Carrell
Clarence Kolb
Richard Benson
Louise Beavers
Clementine
J.M. Kerrigan
Jim
Lawrence Grossmith
Frank
Robert Greig
Robert
Frank Faylen
Cab Driver
Herbert Anderson
Actor in Show (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Waiter at Wyler's Party (uncredited)
James Burke
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
Actor in Show (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Young Actress in Show (uncredited)
Bonnie Gaye Cowen
(uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Sweeny (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Joe (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Bartender at Wyler's Party (uncredited)
William Hopper
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Arthur Housman
Drunk Wanting Directions (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Pearson (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Call Boy (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Actor in Show (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Linda's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
First-Nighter (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
Bumping Man Exiting Subway (uncredited)
John Ridgely
Cashier (uncredited)
Cyril Ring
Backstage Man (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited)
Nella Walker
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Leo White
Actor in Show (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Actor in Show (uncredited)
Isabel Withers
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Crews
William Keighley
Director
Julius J. Epstein
Screenplay
Philip G. Epstein
Screenplay
Robert Lord
Associate Producer
Jack L. Warner
Producer
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
John Hughes
Art Direction
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Stanley Jones
Sound
Heinz Roemheld
Music
Owen Marks
Editor
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Frank Heath
Assistant Director
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