Very disappointed :(

One of the best films i have seen

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

. . . laments gangster "Chips Maguire" (Humphrey Bogart) one-third of the way through IT ALL CAME TRUE. Chip senses that it will be hard to conduct sin as usual under the watchful eyes of such maternal influences. History indicates that if Adolph Hitler's mom had lived into her 90s, his Third Reich never would have gotten off the ground. With the presence or absence of just one mom having such a big impact on the course of human events, having TWO around can persuade a zebra to change his stripes. That's what happens to Chips in IT ALL CAME TRUE, as he sheepishly surrenders his freedom at the tail end. You can almost hear him echoing Margaret Hamilton's last words as the Wicked Witch of the West in THE WIZARD OF OZ: "Who could believe all my wonderful wickedness could be destroyed by a couple old biddies the likes of Youse?" After all, OZ played on America's big screens just a year prior to IT ALL CAME TRUE.

This movie has everything but the kitchen sink. A preposterous movie that is nevertheless enjoyable.There's Ann Sheridan, always totally likable--plus, in this movie she sings "You're Just an Angel in Disguise." There's also a funny dog act.Humphrey Bogart plays his stock gangster role, but this time he has to deal with ZaSu Pitts and Una O'Connor as two spinsters, one a feisty spark-plug and the other delusionally lovelorn.At one point, tough guy Bogie as much as says, "Hey, gang, let's put on a show!" And they do. That's where the dog act comes in.Plus there's a nostalgiac Gay Nineties review, including a barbershop quartet.And a number of Irish songs in the background and, ultimately, in the spotlight, including a rousing version of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." I won't give away the ending, but trust me, you'll say, "Aw, ain't that nice!" Kind of a fun movie.

IT ALL CAME TRUE (Warner Brothers, 1940), directed by Lewis Seiler, with its fairy tale sounding title, is a lighthearted comedy with some serious overtones. Taken from a story by Louis Bromfield, many of its elements appears to be in connection to a short story by either O. Henry or Damon Runyan, but it's not. Surprisingly featuring the studio's resident tough guy, Humphrey Bogart, it's also one of his most overlooked roles in his career. With this being another one of many gangster parts Bogey has done to perfection through much of his career, the story in itself is relatively different from anything he's ever done before mainly due to the musical angle attached to it.The story revolves around two matronly ladies managing a boarding house in the theater district of New York City, a building they've inherited from the late Miss Minnie. Among those out of work actors tenants are Minnie Flint (ZaSu Pitts), a housekeeper and avid mystery book reader; Rene Salmon (Grant Mitchell), a poet reciter; The Great Boldini (Felix Bressart), a magician; and Mr. Van Diver (Brandon Tynan). Norah Taylor (Jessie Busley), the owner, has a very positive outlook in life even though she owes back taxes on the place and is about to face foreclosure proceedings. As for her partner and cook, Maggie Ryan (Una O'Connor), her outlook in life isn't quite the same. Her daughter, Sarah Jane (Ann Sheridan), dreams of becoming an actress. Not having much luck in Atlantic City and the outside world, she returns home to start over. Norah's son, Tommy (Jeffrey Lynn), whom she hasn't seen in five years, is a struggling composer working for the "king of gamblers," "Chips" Maguire (Humphrey Bogart) at his Cairo Club. As the gambling casino gets raided by the police, Chips and Tommy sneak out the back way where Chips takes Tommy's gun to shoot down the informing Monks (Herbert Vigram) outside the alley. Because the murder weapon is licensed under Tommy's name, the young composer is forced to hide Chips from the police by taking him to his mother's boardinghouse. Introduced as his friend, Mr. Graselli, "Chips" lives a secluded life, having his meals sent to his room. The mysterious boarder arouses suspicion by Sarah Jane, who recognizes him as the man for whom she once worked, and the nosy Minnie Flint who finds Maguire's photo in a detective magazine. As Maguire's solitude gets the better of him, he arranges to bring some life and excitement to the place by turning it into a "Roaring 90s Club." As things start to come true for Mrs. Taylor, situations occur that could prove the opposite.As motion picture studios releasing some fifty movies annually, with writers coming up with material of some originality, and most important, to hold interest, IT ALL COMES TRUE at 97 minutes succeeds on both levels. At first glance, the film doesn't appear to be interesting at all. Only through the headlining stars of Humphrey Bogart and Ann Sheridan (billed in that order in the opening credits, changed to Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn and Humphrey Bogart for its closing), that should attract some attention for anyone unfamiliar with this title. If the story, set mostly inside a boarding house, doesn't show great promise, then the latter portion featuring song numbers and Ann Sheridan's vocalizing should.With its combination of new and nostalgia era songs featured, the soundtrack includes: "Angels in Disguise" (by Kim Gannon, Stephen Weiss and Paul Mann); "Gaucho Serenade (by James Cavanaugh, John Redman and Nat Simon); "Daughter of Rosie O'Grady" "Memories" and "Pretty Baby," "Ain't We Got Fun; "Memories" (reprize); "Silver Threads Among the Gold,"Oh, You Beautiful Doll," "Angel in Disguise" (reprize); "Oh, Mr. Dooley," "Cuddle Up a Little Closer," "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet," and "Irish Eyes Are Smiling." "Angels in Disguise" a promotional song heard during opening and closing credits, is no doubt the film's best tune, getting several reprises and underscoring along the way. While the first half of IT ALL CAME TRUE plays like a typical Warner Brothers programmer, the final portion takes off like a 20th Century-Fox musical (minus Technicolor) with Ann Sheridan and Jeffrey Lynn enacting their roles in similar fashion of Fox's own Alice Faye and John Payne had they been allowed to appear. Even the nostalgic songs are reminders of the Fox musicals, especially "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" most associated with Betty Grable. Jeffrey Lynn, a fine actor who never made the grade as top leading man, does his piano interludes almost in the same fashion as John Garfield enacted in FOUR DAUGHTERS (1938). His performance is well done, but hardly one to steal the attention away from either Sheridan or Bogart. While the overall story may not ring true to life, it all came true to Mrs. Bosley, which really matters to the content of the story anyway. Never quite a masterpiece, IT ALL CAME TRUE should be something to consider whenever presented on Turner Classic Movies. It's also available on DVD. (***1/2)

File this one under films you probably never heard of, but once you've seen it, it occupies a nice warm place in your movie library to help remind you of a simpler time and place. The title comes from Mrs. Nora Taylor's (Jessie Busley) romantic dream of having her son return home as a rich man to marry his childhood girlfriend. The happy ever after ending takes some time getting there, but it's fun to see how things work out, especially since it's gangster Chips Maguire (Humphrey Bogart) who helps make it all come true.The movie gets it's energy from free spirited Sarah Jane Ryan (Ann Sheridan), displaying her usual sassiness and snappy banter - "Why I've been discovered so many times they call me Miss America". Like Tommy Taylor (Jeffrey Lynn), the breaks in life haven't come her way just yet, but there's always tomorrow. That break might become a reality when Maguire, on the run from the law at the Taylor/Ryan boarding house, gets a little bored and comes up with the idea of turning it into a 'Roaring 90's' style night club. Under cover as Graselli, the gangster ingratiates himself with the elderly ladies who operate the home, gradually coming out of his seclusion to become their angel in disguise (a tune by the way coming out of the film).The boarding house features it's own cast of memorable characters as well. There's The Great Baldini (Felix Bressart) doing magic assisted by Fanto the Wonder Dog, and Zasu Pitts, on the run from imaginary assailants who winds up smoking out Maguire after seeing his picture in a "Perfect Detective" magazine. You'll really sit up and take notice though when on opening night at the boarding house, a group of nine elderly ladies takes the stage and breaks into a spirited song and dance routine.Hey, remember that great old Warner Brothers cartoon that features Bugs Bunny and a whole bunch of musical numbers? - 'Rosie O'Grady', 'Pretty Baby', 'Oh You Beautiful Doll', 'Ain't We Got Fun', 'Just an Angel in Disguise' and 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling'. This has got to be the film that's being parodied. Even Bogey gets into the act with a few lines from 'Strolling Through the Park One Day'. Now I've got to get my hands on that cartoon again! Ultimately, Bogart's character is caught dead to rights, and does the honorable, if not realistic thing of giving himself up without any further ado. His earlier plan of fingering Tommy for a gambling murder goes by the wayside, under the spell cast by Sally/Sarah and the boarding house citizens. OK, so it's not an award winner, but there's enough entertainment here to brighten your day and provide an hour and a half of music and fun. Even if you have to force yourself through Salmon's poetry reading.