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Sitting Pretty
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

Just a couple of song writers with a baby grand...and a grand baby...

Genres

Music

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Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon proprieter, joins them.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

23 November 1933

Country

United States of America

Cast

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Chick Parker

Jack Haley

Jack Haley

Pete Pendleton

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Dorothy

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Tannenbaum

Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Gloria Duval

Lew Cody

Lew Cody

Jules Clark

Jerry Tucker

Jerry Tucker

Buzz

Helen Pickens

Helen Pickens

Pickens Sisters

Jane Pickens

Jane Pickens

Pickens Sisters

Patti Pickens

Patti Pickens

Pickens Sisters

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Dice Player (uncredited)

James P. Burtis

James P. Burtis

Mover Foreman (uncredited)

Hale Hamilton

Hale Hamilton

Vinton (uncredited)

Anne Nagel

Anne Nagel

Girl at Window (uncredited)

Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien

Assistant Cameraman (uncredited)

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