Directed by:
William A. WellmanCinematography:
W. Howard GreeneComposer:
Oscar LevantCast:
Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman, Frank Fay, Maxie Rosenbloom, Margaret Hamilton, Hattie McDaniel, Ann Doran (more)Plots(1)
A screwball comedy about the phony glitter and self-serving shenanigans that constitute daily life in New York City, which centers on Hazel Flagg, a young Vermont woman dying of radium poisoning who is whisked off to the Big Apple, for a final heartwrenching fling by a savvy newspaperman, Wallace Cook. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Carole Lombard
USA
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My Man Godfrey (1936)
Fredric March
USA
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
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Charles Winninger
USA
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Destry Rides Again (1939)
Show Boat (1936)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Walter Connolly
USA
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Sig Ruman
German Empire
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
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Frank Fay
USA
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Maxie Rosenbloom
USA
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The Bellboy (1960)
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Margaret Hamilton
USA
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Hattie McDaniel
USA
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Carefree (1938)
Vivacious Lady (1938)
Ann Doran
USA
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Monty Woolley
USA
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The Bishop's Wife (1947)
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Billy Barty
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Raymond Scott
USA
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Jinx Falkenburg
Spain
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Cover Girl (1944)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Hedda Hopper
USA
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Midnight (1939)
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John Qualen
Canada
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George Chandler
USA
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Bess Flowers
USA
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Charles Sherlock
USA
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Cyril Ring
USA
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