Cagney disguised in beret and thick sunglasses, is a different look. He also throws in some spontaneous dancing. This would be fun to watch in a theater with audience reaction, from a stage play. The true professional comedian here is McHugh whose timing is impeccable. Cagney and O'Brien turn up their famous verbal virtuosity as if as revenge for being valued below their own creations: the weak love interest involving a single mom, a singing cowboy who doesn't sing and the baby star. Here boy meets Marie Wilson and no one particularly wants them to get together but the plot could use it. Otherwise the Code might shut this down. Cagney and O'Brien are musketeers jousting with Bellamy and McHugh, enough for a rat pack.
Review of Boy Meets Girl
