I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)

Production companies : Universal Pictures /

May 1, 1940 1h 1m United States of America Comedy English More

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In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to write a love ballad. It is Crawford's hope that the song will reach out and touch his long-lost childhood sweetheart. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby was based on James Edward Grant's short story Trouble in B Flat; echoes of the basic premise later resurfaced in the 1957 "A" picture The Girl Can't Help It.

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title：I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
status：Released
Release date： 1940
Runtime：1h 1m
Genres： Comedy · Music ·
Countries of origin： United States of America ·
Original Language： English ·
Director： Albert S. Rogell /
Writers： Paul Gerard Smith · Arthur T. Horman · James Edward Grant ·
Production companies： Universal Pictures ·
Overview：In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to write a love ballad. It is Crawford's hope that the song will reach out and touch his long-lost childhood sweetheart. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby was based on James Edward Grant's short story Trouble in B Flat; echoes of the basic premise later resurfaced in the 1957 "A" picture The Girl Can't Help It.