No Time for Comedy
"A country boy takes over Broadway . . . until he gets into heart-trouble!"
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
"A country boy takes over Broadway . . . until he gets into heart-trouble!"
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.
Fleeing 1930s New York and leaving behind a chequered past, the giltzy divorcee Mrs Stella Erlynne travels to Italy's sun-dappled Amalfi coast. Mrs Erlynne's appearance causes a stir amongst the visiting aristocracy. Based on the Oscar Wilde play "Lady Windemere's Fan."
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree to meet on the same weekend each year—in the same hotel room—and the years pass each has some personal crisis that the other helps them through, often without both of them understanding what is going on.