The Great McGinty The Great McGinty The Great McGinty is a 1940 political satire comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Akim Tamiroff and featuring William Demarest and (in her final screen appearance) Muriel Angelus. It was Sturges's first film as a director; he sold the story to Paramount Pictures for just $10 on condition he direct the film. Sturges went on to win the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay. In the U.K. the film was retitled Down Went McGinty. Dan McGinty (Brian Donlevy) is a bartender in a banana republic who recounts his rise and fall
A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You Buchanan popularity in the United States. The song was licensed for use as a recurring motif in the Preston Sturges film "Christmas in July" (1940). It also appeared in the Jeanne Crain film "Margie" (1946). Carl Stalling would frequently use this song as backing music in Warner Bros. cartoons during scenes depicting hunger, cooking, or eating. Witch Hazel sings her own version of the tune, with altered lyrics, in "Broom-Stick Bunny". The song was also recorded by Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra on Victor Records. A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You "A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich