Boy Meets Girl (1938): Cast & Plot
Boy Meets Girl is a 1938 comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Pat O'Brien as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson, Dick Foran and Rosella Towne. It runs 1 hour 26 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 26m (86 min)
- Director
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Boy Meets Girl About?
The premise of Boy Meets Girl without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio’s cowboy star. When a studio waitress discovers she’s pregnant, they pitch a western about a cowboy and a baby, and the baby becomes star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and the infant. The writers hire an extra to pose as the baby’s father, but the extra already knows the waitress.
Boy Meets Girl Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- screwball comedy
- film within a film
- hairy chested man
- based on a stage play
- bare chested man
- cagney and o'brien
- hollywood california
- farce comedy
- baby
- waitress
- cowboy
- screenwriter
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- uniform
- telegram
- radio broadcast
- radio announcer
- office
- newspaper headline
- movie trailer
- movie theater
- movie set
- movie screen
- movie premiere
- movie poster
- movie extra
- magazine cover
- intercom
- broken window
- audience
- native american
- x ray
- theatrical agent
- show business
- pregnancy
- power of attorney
- nurse
- nobility
- movie studio
- movie producer
- movie business
- measles
- masseur
- marriage proposal
- manicurist
- hospital
- hoax
- godfather
- fight
- english
- fired from a job
Boy Meets Girl Cast & Characters
Pat O'Brien leads the cast as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson, with Dick Foran as Larry Toms and Rosella Towne as Hospital Nurse Wheeling Larry. Directed by Lloyd Bacon; 35 actors are credited in all.
- Director Lloyd Bacon
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Pat O'Brien as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson - Dick Foran as Larry Toms
- Rosella Towne as Hospital Nurse Wheeling Larry
- James Nolan as Young Man Brought in for Susie
Also Starring in Boy Meets Girl
· 31 more- Marie Wilson Mrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook
- Ralph Bellamy C. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
- Paul Clark Happy
- John Harron Extra Talking to Rodney
- Bruce Lester Rodney Bowman
- Frank McHugh Rossetti
- Pierre Watkin B.K. Whitacre
- Ronald Reagan Announcer
- James Cagney Robert Law
- Curt Bois Dance Director
- John Ridgely Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter
- Cliff Saum Smitty - Studio Policeman
- Hal K. Dawson Wardrobe Attendant
- Vera Lewis Studio Cleaning Woman
- Harry Seymour Song Writer
- Dorothy Vaughan Happy's Nurse
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- Penny Singleton Peggy
- Carole Landis Commissary Cashier
- Otto Fries Olaf - Masseur
- James Stephenson Major Thompson
- Bert Hanlon Song Writer
- Loia Cheaney Hospital Nurse
- Peggy Moran New York Operator
- George Hickman Office Boy
- Dennie Moore Miss Crews
- Eddie Conrad Jascha Alexander
- Jan Holm Hospital Nurse with Letter
- Bert Howard Director
- William Telaak Bruiser
- Mary Ann Such Young Girl
- Nenette Lafayette Paris Operator
Boy Meets Girl Plot Summary
What happens in Boy Meets Girl from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Two screenwriters Law and Benson are scrambling for a fresh story for cowboy star Larry Toms. When Susie Seabrook faints in the office of producer C.F. Friday because she is pregnant, they hit upon a bold idea: a tale about a cowboy and a baby, with Susie’s unborn infant, nicknamed Happy, in the central role. The pitch sketches out the familiar Hollywood rhythm: Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl, all wrapped in romance, ambition, and a touch of melodrama that the studio loves to parade on the big screen.
Full summary
The whole story of Boy Meets Girl, scene by scene
How Well Do You Know Boy Meets Girl?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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Which two screenwriters are tasked with finding a new story for the cowboy star?
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Boy Meets Girl FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Boy Meets Girl, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Boy Meets Girl?
Boy Meets Girl runs 1 hour 26 minutes (86 minutes).
When was Boy Meets Girl released?
Boy Meets Girl was released on August 26, 1938.
Who directed Boy Meets Girl?
Boy Meets Girl was directed by Lloyd Bacon.
More films by Lloyd Bacon Who is in the cast of Boy Meets Girl?
Boy Meets Girl stars Pat O'Brien as J. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson, Dick Foran as Larry Toms and Rosella Towne as Hospital Nurse Wheeling Larry, among 35 credited actors.
Does Boy Meets Girl have a post-credit scene?
No. Boy Meets Girl has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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