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She Wrote the Book
She Wrote the Book

She Wrote the Book

She wrote the years BLUSHING best-seller... then had to live it... page by burning page

Genres

Comedy

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A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

31 May 1946

Country

United States of America

Cast

Joan Davis

Joan Davis

Jane Featherstone

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

Jerry Marlowe

Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

Joe

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Phyllis Fowler

Kirby Grant

Kirby Grant

Eddie Caldwell

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

Millicent Van Cleve

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Horace Van Cleve

John Litel

John Litel

Dean Fowler

Cora Witherspoon

Cora Witherspoon

Carrothers

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Fielding

Verna Felton

Verna Felton

Mrs. Kilgour

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Party Guest

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