The Girl Friend (1935) DVD-R

Starring Ann Sothern, Jack Haley, Roger Pryor, Thurston Hall, Victor Kilian
Directed by Edward Buzzell

Print: black/white
Runtime: 67 min.
Genre: musical
Print Quality: B

Ann Sothern and Jack Haley star in this inconsequential little musical.
Haley is a struggling playwright of minimal talent, whose latest play is
miraculously selected for a Broadway berth by producer Roger Pryor. The
problem: Pryor isn't a producer at all, but an out-of-work actor anxious to
get into anyone's play, even Haley's. After several ups and downs, the
play actually makes it to Broadway, where it is regarded as the ultimate in
ridiculous comedy and becomes a success! It would be stretching things
to suggest that this was the inspiration for Mel Brooks' similarly plotted
The Producers, since the backstage legend of a flop play becoming an
accidental hit is as old as the Theatre itself.