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Boy Meets Girl Playbill - Dec 1935
Boy Meets Girl
Broadway
Original
Cort Theatre
138 W. 48th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
Two Hollywood screenwriters scheme to cast the unborn child of a studio waitress in a new film, then scramble to cook up a scandal when they are bought out by the studio, in Sam and Bella Spewack's satire on the wiles of the film industry.
playwright:
Bella Spewack
,
Sam Spewack
People (24)
Joyce Arling
Susie
(Original)
Royal Beal
Mr. Friday
(Original)
John Clarke
Major Thompson
(Original)
Jerome Cowan
J. Carlyle Benson
(Original)
Robert Foulk
Cutter
(Original)
Peggy Hart
Peggy
(Original)
Allyn Morgan Joslyn
Robert Law
(Original)
Garson Kanin
Green
(Original)
James MacColl
Rodney Bevan
(Original)
Charles McClelland
Larry Toms
(Original)
Lea Penman
Miss Crews
(Original)
Everett Sloane
Rosetti
(Original)
Maurice Sommers
Slade
(Original)
Hume Cronyn
Green
(Replacement)
Philip Faversham
Young Man
(Original)
Helen Gardner
Hospital Nurse
(Original)
Perry Ivins
Doctor
(Original)
Marjorie Lytell
Studio Nurse
(Original)
Edison Rice
Chauffer
(Original)
George W. Smith
Studio Officer
(Original)
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Joyce Arling
Susie
(Original)
Royal Beal
Mr. Friday
(Original)
John Clarke
Major Thompson
(Original)
Jerome Cowan
J. Carlyle Benson
(Original)
Robert Foulk
Cutter
(Original)
Peggy Hart
Peggy
(Original)
Allyn Morgan Joslyn
Robert Law
(Original)
Garson Kanin
Green
(Original)
James MacColl
Rodney Bevan
(Original)
Charles McClelland
Larry Toms
(Original)
Lea Penman
Miss Crews
(Original)
Everett Sloane
Rosetti
(Original)
Maurice Sommers
Slade
(Original)
Philip Faversham
Young Man
(Original)
Helen Gardner
Hospital Nurse
(Original)
Perry Ivins
Doctor
(Original)
Marjorie Lytell
Studio Nurse
(Original)
Edison Rice
Chauffer
(Original)
George W. Smith
Studio Officer
(Original)
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Bella Spewack
Writer
Sam Spewack
Writer
George Abbott
Staging
Producer
Arne Lundborg
Scenic Design
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Nov
27
1935
Closing Date
Jun
19
1937
Performances
669
as of Dec 05, 2025
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