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No Time for Comedy Overview:

No Time for Comedy (1940) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by William Keighley and produced by Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner and Robert Lord.

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NO TIME FOR COMEDY

By Dan Day, Jr. on May 31, 2022 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

This is a Jimmy Stewart film that I had never seen. The title of this film, which was produced by Warner Bros. in 1940, is somewhat ironic, because in my opinion there's not a lot of comedy in it. NO TIME FOR COMEDY is a film adaptation of a successful Broadway play that starred Laurence Olivier. Be... Read full article

DVD Review: No Time for Comedy (1940)

on Mar 18, 2014 From True Classics

Ah, James Stewart: the innocent, lovable screwball we all know and love. He’s the admirable, passionate, naive young Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). He’s the dedicated family man and pillar of the community as George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)... Read full article

No Time for Comedy (1940)

By Brandy Dean on Oct 8, 2013 From Pretty Clever Films

No Time for Comedy, directed by William Keighley and starring Rosalind Russell and Jimmy Stewart, is a light-hearted adaptation of the popular Broadway play of the same name by S. N. Behrman. Falling somewhere between a toned down screwball comedy and a classic comedy of manners, the movie largely h... Read full article

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No Time for Comedy Quotes:

Philo Swift: 'Gaylord Esterbrook'... seems to me I've heard or read that name someplace. What do you do?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: I write plays.
Philo Swift: Er, yes, I have a hobby, too. What I meant was, what do you do for a living?
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Write plays. Anything wrong?
Philo Swift: No, no; nothing, nothing. You'll pardon me, but it does seem a little trivial for a grown man.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Well, perhaps I'll grow out of it. What do *you* do?
Philo Swift: I'm on Wall Street.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Where's that?
Philo Swift: I don't know, but my chauffeur finds it every morning.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: After you get there, what do you do?
Philo Swift: Buy and sell stocks and bonds.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Surely not for a living?
Philo Swift: And not a bad one. When stocks go up, I make a little money. When they go down, I make even more.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: That all you do?
Philo Swift: Well, yes!
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Well, who knows; maybe you'll grow out of it, too.
[raises glass]
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Here's hoping!
Linda Paige Esterbrook: [Crying] I don't want to lose him!
[Gaylord]
Philo Swift: Well, I don't want to lose Amanda either, but for a totally different reason. I don't want to have my tombstone cluttered up with the names of my formally beloved wives - it leaves no room for the more important data.
Clementine, Actress in Show: I saw your last picture, Mr. Carrell.
Morgan Carrell, the Director: Yes?
Clementine, Actress in Show: Oh, yeah.
Morgan Carrell, the Director: What'd ya think?
Clementine, Actress in Show: [sighs] yeah.
Philo Swift: [about Linda making Mandy cry] You needn't feel so proud, I make her cry all the time. It usually ends up with me giving her a check.
Linda Paige Esterbrook: I didn't give her a check, I think I just gave her my husband.
Philo Swift: In my office we'd list that transaction as petty cash.
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: [after spending the night after the play on a park bench] Hey, you don't look bad for a girl who's just getting up in the morning!
Linda Paige Esterbrook: For a man who's been up all night you look great!
Gaylord 'Gay' Esterbrook: Don't get the idea that I'm an authority on girls getting up in the morning.
Linda Paige Esterbrook: Well, I'm not the last word on men staying up all night either.
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No Time for Comedy Fact
The original play by S.N. Behrman opened in Indianapolis, Indiana, on 31 March 1939.
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