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.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.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.
- Monks
- (as Herbert Vigran)
- The Lady Killers' Quartet
- (as The Lady Killers' Quartet)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the 1945 re-release print, Warner Bros. changed the opening credits order for their new star Humphrey Bogart, now listing him above Ann Sheridan before the title and moving Jeffrey Lynn to the "With" cast after the title. The end credits, however, were kept in their original order.
- GoofsAt the 17 minute mark after Bogart stands up from the bed, the boom mic shadow moves across his hat.
- Quotes
Sarah Jane Ryan aka Sal: Can you imagine? He was going to make me a torch singer. He took me into his studio and after about five minutes I said, "Yeah, well, I've never heard this called an audition before." He followed me home in a taxi cab. Yeah, and with a gat too!
[Throws gun onto table]
Sarah Jane Ryan aka Sal: As if I didn't know how to handle a monkey with a gat!
Miss Flint: The man who followed me...?
Sarah Jane Ryan aka Sal: He said he wanted to discover me. Me! Why, I've been discovered so many times they call me Miss America.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Let's Sing Grandfather's Favorites (1948)
- SoundtracksAngel in Disguise
(1940) (uncredited)
Music by Paul Mann and Stefan Weiß
Lyrics by Kim Gannon
Played during the opening credits and as background music
Played on piano by Jeffrey Lynn and sung by Ann Sheridan
Reprised by the band at the Roaring 90s Club and sung by Ann Sheridan and chorus of waiters
Sheridan and Lynn were childhood sweethearts, she's a chorus girl, he's an aspiring composer and the Moms hoped that they'll be joint grandmothers some day. Bogart is hiding under an assumed name at the boardinghouse, but Sheridan recognizes him.
Perhaps the fact that he's away from the police spotlight, fooling them even temporarily makes Bogart fall under the charms of the place which is a theatrical boardinghouse. O'Connor and Burley wax nostalgic about the Gay Nineties and Bogart kind of does also. Bear in mind that this was probably when he was a kid in the film.
It All Came True is the kind of film that would have been better suited to James Cagney. In fact he did several fine nostalgic type films in his career like Frisco Kid, Johnny Come Lately, Strawberry Blonde, and The Time Of Your Life. I'm betting this was a property that Warner Brothers developed for Cagney, but for some reason or other Cagney couldn't do it.
Sheridan's feet are firmly in the 20th century however, she delivers a few zingers that were quite up to date for the audience. Until Rita Hayworth was established, Ann was Hollywood's number one redhead and she had a bit more wit in her scripts than Rita got at Columbia.
Maybe with Cagney in the lead and someone like Frank Capra directing and someone like Damon Runyon doing the screenplay, It All Came True could have been a real classic. It's an amusing comedy as it is with Ann Sheridan at her career height and Humphrey Bogart on the crest of becoming a legend.
- bkoganbing
- Sep 29, 2008
- Permalink
- How long is It All Came True?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1