Humphrey Bogart is a gangster again, this time as counterpoint to the comic elements of
It All Came True
. On the lam from the cops, Bogart hides out in a theatrical boarding house, where most of the residents are old-timers dreaming of a comeback. Amused by these offbeat characters, Bogart arranges to transform the boarding house into a nostalgia-oriented nightclub, along the lines of Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe. 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
,
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 roles.