Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien are a couple of overpaid, practical-joking screen writers who promote Marie Wilson's newborn baby into a major movie star.
It's an exceedingly late crazy comedy, based on a stage play by Bella and Sam Spewack, Cagney & O'Brien's roles are said to be based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur; Ralph Bellamy is very silly as a pompous producer, and Miss Wilson plays her wide-eyed blonde with all the stops pulled out. There are lots of in-gags, and if sometimes it seems frantic rather than funny, that's when Cagney & O'Brien start talking faster than a hockey announcer. Look for quick, uncredited appearances by Ronald Reagan, Carole Landis, Penny Singleton, and Curt Bois.
It's an exceedingly late crazy comedy, based on a stage play by Bella and Sam Spewack, Cagney & O'Brien's roles are said to be based on Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur; Ralph Bellamy is very silly as a pompous producer, and Miss Wilson plays her wide-eyed blonde with all the stops pulled out. There are lots of in-gags, and if sometimes it seems frantic rather than funny, that's when Cagney & O'Brien start talking faster than a hockey announcer. Look for quick, uncredited appearances by Ronald Reagan, Carole Landis, Penny Singleton, and Curt Bois.