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name | No Time for Comedy| image = No Time for Comedy- 1940- Poster.png | |||||
caption | Theatrical release poster| director = William Keighley| producer = Jack L. Warner | 1940 | 14}}| runtime = 93 minutes| country = United States| language = English| budget = | gross = }}No Time for Comedy is a 1940 American comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by S. N. Behrman, starring James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin and Charlie Ruggles.PlotGaylord Esterbrook, a reporter from Redfield, Minnesota (pop. 786, including livestock), writes a play about Park Avenue high society, even though he has never been to New York City. The play is being staged, but needs rewriting, so the producers bring Gaylord to New York. He meets the leading lady, Linda Paige, who initially mistakes him for an usher. The producer eventually loses faith in the play, but Linda persuades the other actors to continue on a cooperative basis. It becomes a success, and Gaylord and Linda get married. Gaylord proceeds to have four hits in four years, all starring Linda.After his most recent hit, Gaylord meets Amanda Swift at a party. She feels that his talents are being wasted writing comedies. At her urging, he writes a tragedy about immortality called The Way of the World. The play has no part for Linda. Gaylord eventually decides to divorce Linda and marry Amanda. Linda then decides to marry Amanda's husband, Philo.The Way of the World is a flop, with audiences laughing at unintentionally funny lines, prompting Amanda to drop Gaylord. However, Linda supports Gaylord in his time of need and they reconcile. She gets the idea for a comedy about smug, contemptible, callous stuffed shirts who think that dictators are inevitable and the average man is bloodthirsty and contemptible. Gaylord and Linda decide to start over, and even act out their initial meeting: Gaylord offers to buy Linda cigarettes as if he were an usher.Cast
Stage playFile:Cornell-Olivier-FC-Stage-1939.jpg|thumb|Katharine Cornell and Laurence OlivierLaurence OlivierS.N. Behrman's play opened on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 17, 1939, running for 179 performances. The cast included Laurence Olivier as Gaylord Esterbrook and Katharine Cornell as Linda Paige, and it was directed by Cornell's husband Guthrie McClintic.Olivier starred in this play in New York while his lover Vivien Leigh was filming Gone with the Wind in Hollywood, causing Leigh stress due to their separation, and according to GWTW lore, influenced her portrayal as Scarlett O'Hara and according to her personal assistant at the time, hurry production so she could be reunited with him.Gone with the Wind DVD commentaryProductionJulius Epstein later said "We had to make big changes" in adapting the play which "was just talk, talk, talkâno action really, no situations. It was very good talk, but we had to do a lot of changing on that."BOOK, Patrick, McGillian, Julius J Epstein: A king of comedy, Backstory: interviews with screenwriters of Hollywood's golden age, Berkeley, 1986, 181â182,Radio adaptations{| class"wikitable" | |||
The Screen Guild Theater>Gulf Screen Guild Theatre | Norma Shearer, Mary Astor, Walter Abel, Hattie McDanielABEL, WALTER>URL=HTTP://WWW.RADIOGOLDINDEX.COM/CGI-LOCAL/P4.CGI?ARTISTNAME=ABEL,%20WALTER&ARTISTNUMBER=46568 | ACCESS-DATE=26 MAY 2015 | ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20181116073852/HTTP://WWW.RADIOGOLDINDEX.COM/CGI-LOCAL/P4.CGI?ARTISTNAME=ABEL,%20WALTER&ARTISTNUMBER=46568, dead, | |||
Philip Morris Playhouse > | Melvyn DouglasPHILIP MORRIS PLAYHOUSE | WORK=HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH | PAGE=13 | NEWSPAPERS.COM>ACCESS-DATE = AUGUST 2, 2015, {{Open access}} | ||
Hollywood Players> | Gregory PeckTUESDAY STAR | WORK=HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH | PAGE=19 | NEWSPAPERS.COM>ACCESS-DATE = SEPTEMBER 12, 2015, {{Open access}} | ||
Theatre Guild on the Air >| Florence Eldridge, Frances Fuller, Fredric March | ||||||
Star Playhouse > | Rex Harrison, Lilli PalmerKIRBY | TITLE=BETTER RADIO PROGRAMS FOR THE WEEK | WORK=THE DECATUR DAILY REVIEW | PAGE=48 | NEWSPAPERS.COM>ACCESS-DATE = JULY 6, 2015, {{Open access}} |
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- {{IMDb title|0032846|No Time for Comedy}}
- {{AllMovie title|104184}}
- {{AFI film|id=5099|title=No Time for Comedy}}
- 1947 Theatre Guild on the Air radio adaptation of original play at Internet Archive
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