Boy Meets Girl

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Boy Meets Girl

1938

1h 26m

Comedy

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Two screenwriters (James Cagney, Pat O'Brien) in a rut write a hit Western starring a has-been and a commissary waitress's (Marie Wilson) baby.

Variety Staff

Variety

The picture version of this comedy classic is a little more than adequate but not socko.

Mar 26, 2009

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New York Times

Nearly all the lines which the script could least afford to spare have been dropped, presumably because of conflict with the delicately casuistical Hays code of morals.

Mar 25, 2006

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Don Druker

Chicago Reader

A likable spoof of Hollywood (1938), with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien as fast-talking screenwriters, and Marie Wilson (the original dumb blond) around for pulchritudinous laughs.

Jan 1, 2000

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Boy Meets Girl has gone off a little since its Broadway days, but it's still amusing entertainment for people curious to know how Hollywood gets that way.

Jul 22, 2019

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TV Guide

The story behind this riotous film is almost as fascinating as the movie itself.

Rated: 3/4

May 27, 2015

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Aug 12, 2005

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Audience Member

The best comedy movie ever made!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Silly story put over by energy of cast.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

not bad cagney gives you your money's worth

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Lloyd Bacon

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James Cagney

Robert Law

Pat O'Brien

J.C. Benson

Marie Wilson

Susie Seabrook

Ralph Bellamy

C. Elliott Friday

Dick Foran

Larry Toms

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Synopsis

Two screenwriters (James Cagney, Pat O'Brien) in a rut write a hit Western starring a has-been and a commissary waitress's (Marie Wilson) baby.

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Producer: Hal B. Wallis, Samuel Bischoff
Screenwriter: Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack
Production Co: Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Oct 14, 2014
Runtime: 1h 26m