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It All Came True is a 1940 American musical comedy crime film [1] [2] starring Ann Sheridan as a fledgling singer and Humphrey Bogart, who was third-billed on movie posters, as a gangster who hides from the police in a boarding house. It is based on the Louis Bromfield novel Better Than Life. Sheridan introduced the hit song "Angel in Disguise".
It All Came True: Directed by Lewis Seiler. With Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Humphrey Bogart, Zasu Pitts. After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Lewis Seiler
- 1940-04-06
It All Came True helped him get there in a role declined by George Raft and John Garfield. Though some reviewers expressed amazement that such a hackneyed concept as a boarding house full of retired entertainers should find footing at Warner Bros. and with a good cast to boot, It All Came True , based on the novel Better Than Life by Louis ...
- Lewis Seiler, Robert Foulk, Russ Saunders
- Ann Sheridan
Miss Ryan's daughter, Sarah Jane Ryan, a showgirl, comes and goes from their lives largely depending on the state of her professional and thus monetary situation. Who returns unexpectedly after being away for five years is Miss Taylor's son, Tommy Taylor, a pianist and now aspiring songwriter. Tommy and Sarah Jane's once burgeoning romance is ...
Lewis Seiler. Director. Michael Fessier. Screenplay. Lawrence Kimble. Screenplay. Louis Bromfield. Story. After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
Roaring 90's Club Doorman (uncredited) Bess Flowers. ... Lady in Audience (uncredited) Edward Gargan. ... Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited) Chuck Hamilton.
Thanks to his intervention, singer Ann Sheridan gets her big break, introducing the Warner Bros. standard "Angel in Disguise". Based on the Louis Bromfield novel Better Than Life, It All Came True is typical of the lighthearted fare in which Bogart frequently was forced to act before The Maltese Falcon allowed the actor to pick and choose his ...
