Gay Esterbrook and Linda Paige (Stewart and Russell) are a cute married "show biz" couple at first, but the whole thing goes sour when Mr. and Mrs. Swift get involved with their love and professional life. Gay turns to "Demon Rum" to drown out his sorrows when he experiences a terrible case of "writer's block", after 4 hit stage comedies in a row. With Mrs. Swift as his "muse", he writes a real stinker of a rotten tragedy that dies a cruel death at it's premier. When it stops being a romance, the film itself turns into a tragedy, then rights itself at the very end. Rosalind never looked lovelier, however, and Charles Ruggles is his usual charming self. Jimmy Stewart is good until he shows his "mean streak" which often shows up in even his best movies. Fun-to-watch until it drops like a rock about 50 minutes in.
Review of No Time for Comedy
