No Time for Comedy

No Time for Comedy is a 1940 American comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by S. N. Behrman, starring James Stewart, Rosalind Russell, Genevieve Tobin and Charlie Ruggles.

786, including livestock), writes a play about Park Avenue high society, even though he has never been to New York City.

The producer eventually loses faith in the play, but Linda persuades the other actors to continue on a cooperative basis.

The Way of the World is a flop, with audiences laughing at unintentionally funny lines, prompting Amanda to drop Gaylord.

Olivier starred in this play in New York while his lover Vivien Leigh was filming Gone with the Wind in Hollywood, causing Leigh stress due to their separation, and according to GWTW lore, influenced her portrayal as Scarlett O'Hara and according to her personal assistant at the time, hurry production so she could be reunited with him.

Katharine Cornell and Laurence Olivier in the Broadway production of No Time for Comedy , on the cover of Stage magazine (April 15, 1939)