BOY MEETS GIRL (1938) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Lloyd Bacon
James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson,
Ralph Bellamy, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran,
Bruce Lester, Penny Singleton, Ronald Reagan
A speedball comedy about the movie biz, starring Cagney and O'Brien as hustling screenwriters and Ralph Bellamy as their not-so-patient boss. It's like the movie equivalent of an amateur stage production - it's based on a play - in which everything's pitched a little faster than it really ought to go. That seems to be deliberate, and if the gags don't all stick to the wall, you hardly have time to notice. The pace is insane. Most people can't even breathe as fast as Cagney can talk.
