No Time for Comedy

(1940)

93 minutes

Comedy / Drama

Directed by William Keighley

Cast:

James Stewart as Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook 
Rosalind Russell as Linda Paige Esterbrook 
Charlie Ruggles as Philo Swift 
Genevieve Tobin as Amanda 'Mandy' Swift 
Louise Beavers as Clementine
Allyn Joslyn as Morgan Carrell 
Clarence Kolb as Richard Benson 
Robert Greig as Robert
J.M. Kerrigan as Jim 
Lawrence Grossmith as Frank 
Robert Emmett O'Connor as Desk Sergeant 
Herbert Heywood as Joe 
Frank Faylen as Cab Driver 
James Burke as Desk Sergeant 
Edgar Dearing as Sweeney   

Gaylord Esterbrook is a playwright who finds success with his first Broadway play and marries the leading actress Linda Paige. They live a happy life together until a sponsor persuades him to write more about affliction and less about happy things. This changes his life for the worst.

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