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Director:
Writers:
Al Martin (story)
Karl Tunberg (writer)
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Release Date:
7 January 1944 (USA) more
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Tagline:
What a Girl Will Do to Get a Bed in Washington!
Plot:
During World War II, Lee Stevens travels to Washington D.C. with his secretary Jane Rogers in order to secure a government contract... more | add synopsis
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Classic Paramount Romantic Comedy of the 40s more (1 total)

Cast

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Paulette Goddard ... Jane Rogers / Suzanne

Fred MacMurray ... Lee Stevens / Rogers the 'butler'
Edward Arnold ... T. J. Todd / Todd 'the butler'
Hillary Brooke ... Alice Todd
Roland Young ... Ira Cromwell

Anne Revere ... Major Harriet Cromwell
Clarence Kolb ... Glen Ritchie
Isabel Randolph ... Jane Ritchie (Glen Ritchie's wife)
Porter Hall ... Hugo Farenhall
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:83 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. more

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Classic Paramount Romantic Comedy of the 40s, 11 November 1999
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Author: guil fisher from New York City, NY

Paramount, again, puts Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray together in a spunky comedy about a salesman (MacMurray) and his crazy secretary (Goddard) who have to pose as a butler and maid to get hosuing in overcrowded Washington DC. She gets to be his secretary by a fluke and in her attempts to be one, she only makes things worse. The two stars, at the top of their careers, work well together and are perfectly matched. Fred and his sometimes bumbling personality and Paulette, at her most glamorous, create the chemistry that made stars glimmer back in the days of glamour. Too bad this doesn't exist any longer. Where the personality of the star carrries the sometimes silly plot. This screwball comedy also co-stars Edward Arnold, the big boss, Hillary Brooke, the boss's daughter, Porter Hall, the rival salesman, Roland Young and Anne Revere, the couple that hire the stars as servants, having no idea what they're about to go through. Highlight of the movie is when Arnold and Brooke have dinner with Young and Revere and discover the stars working for them. Well played comedy all round. Look for Marie (The Body) McDonald in the small role of a secretary, salesmen ply gifts to get past the front desk to see the tycoon.

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