Adele Jergens
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adele Jergens (November 26, 1917 - November 22, 2002) was an American actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jergen's birth date is sometimes listed as 1922. Jergens first rose to prominence in the late 1930s, when she was named "Miss World's Fairest" at the 1939 New York World's Fair. In the early 1940s, she worked as a Rockette, and was named the Number One Showgirl in New York City. After a few years of working as a model and chorus girl, including being an understudy to Gypsy Rose Lee, Jergens landed a movie contract with Columbia Pictures in 1944, with brunette Jergens becoming a blonde. Her chorus girl past came in handy when she played an exotic dancer in Armored Car Robbery (1950). She was usually cast as blonde floozies and burlesque dancers. She once played Marilyn Monroe's mother in Ladies of the Chorus (1948) despite the fact that Jergens was only 9 years older than Monroe. In 1949, while filming Treasure of Monte Cristo, a film noir set in San Francisco, she met and married co-star Glenn Langan (The Amazing Colossal Man). They remained married until his death in 1991. Their only child, actor Tracy Langan, predeceased his mother. She is interred in the Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Adele Jergens, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 26, 1917
Deathday: November 22, 2002
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Blondie's Anniversary
1947-12-18
Blondie's Anniversary
Overview: Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surprise wedding gift, but the truth is that Dagwood has been guarding the watch on behalf of a client who bought the gift for his own wife, which soon leads to trouble with his boss, a loan shark, and crooked building contractors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-18
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Beware of Blondie
1950-04-13
Beware of Blondie
Overview: Mr. Dithers leaves Dagwood in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to gum things up when he falls for a confidence scam engineered by the duplicitous Toby Clifton. He even finds himself in a compromising position that seriously endangers his future connubial happiness with his wife Blondie. Once again, it's up to Blondie to straighten out the mess.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-13
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State Fair
1945-08-29
State Fair
Overview: During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-29
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Armored Car Robbery
1950-06-08
Armored Car Robbery
Overview: While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-08
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Radar Secret Service
1950-01-28
Radar Secret Service
Overview: A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-28
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The Sound of Fury
1950-12-12
The Sound of Fury
Overview: A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-12
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951-04-12
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Overview: As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-12
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Day the World Ended
1955-12-01
Day the World Ended
Overview: After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-01
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Edge of Doom
1950-08-03
Edge of Doom
Overview: A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-03
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The Dark Past
1948-12-22
The Dark Past
Overview: A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-22
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I Love Trouble
1948-01-15
I Love Trouble
Overview: A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-15
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Fireman Save My Child
1954-05-02
Fireman Save My Child
Overview: Comedy about the members of an early 1900s fire company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-02
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Ladies of the Chorus
1948-12-30
Ladies of the Chorus
Overview: Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-30
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Side Street
1950-03-23
Side Street
Overview: A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-23
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The Miami Story
1954-05-03
The Miami Story
Overview: Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-03
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A Thousand and One Nights
1945-07-20
A Thousand and One Nights
Overview: On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-20
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Outlaw Treasure
1955-05-15
Outlaw Treasure
Overview: When two outlaw gangs team up to rob gold shipments, the U.s. Army sends their ace-troubleshooter, Dan Parker, to the area. Sam Casey, the mystery-man behind the gangs, kills Parker's father, and this induces his sweetheart, Rita Starr, to side with the law-and-order faction. An attempt by Casey to kill Rita is foiled by Parker, which leads to a widespread gun-battle. Written by Les Adams
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-15
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The Cobweb
1955-06-07
The Cobweb
Overview: Patients and staff at a posh psychiatric clinic clash over who chooses the clinic’s new drapes - but drapes are the least of their problems.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-07
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The Crime Doctor's Diary
1949-03-15
The Crime Doctor's Diary
Overview: A criminal psychologist tries to clear his patient of arson charges.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-15
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The Big Chase
1954-06-18
The Big Chase
Overview: A policeman (Glenn Langan) with a pregnant wife (Adele Jergens) winds up chasing a payroll thief (Lon Chaney Jr.) into Mexico by helicopter.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-18
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Girls in Prison
1956-07-01
Girls in Prison
Overview: An inmate is persuaded to take part in a breakout by cellmates anxious to cash in on loot they believe she has hidden.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945-11-29
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Overview: Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but frowning on the impulsive, as represented by a favorite comic strip called "The Nixie." She bumps into Michael Kent, an officer and the comic strip's author. He likes her instantly and she dislikes him. He's headed to the Pacific, sees her on the train, gets off in Chicago, and with her father's help, pursues her and hatches a plan to marry her. Meanwhile, she has her own plan to get rid of him with the help of a blond patient. Will the Nixie get into her psyche?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-29
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Treasure of Monte Cristo
1949-08-27
Treasure of Monte Cristo
Overview: A San Francisco lawyer uses a woman to lure a merchant seaman worth a legendary fortune.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-27
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Sugarfoot
1951-02-11
Sugarfoot
Overview: The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like...
Genres: Western Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-11
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Fighting Trouble
1956-09-16
Fighting Trouble
Overview: An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-16
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The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947-06-02
The Corpse Came C.O.D.
Overview: Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-02
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Blues Busters
1950-10-29
Blues Busters
Overview: The Bowery Boys (Bowery Boys) open a nightclub after Sach has his tonsils out and wakes up with a singing voice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-29
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
1952-04-01
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Overview: Shy farmboy loves his next-door neighbor, but she dreams of going to the big city. Then she gets mixed up with big-city gangsters.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-01
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Overland Pacific
1954-10-26
Overland Pacific
Overview: A railroad investigator discovers that there's more than meets the eye to a series of reported Indian attacks against the railroad.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-26
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Somebody Loves Me
1952-09-24
Somebody Loves Me
Overview: Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-24
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Pin Up Girl
1944-04-25
Pin Up Girl
Overview: Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-25
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Slightly French
1949-02-02
Slightly French
Overview: A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-02
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Blonde Dynamite
1950-02-12
Blonde Dynamite
Overview: While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a group of beautiful girls as their first clients.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-12
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The Prince Of Thieves
1948-01-16
The Prince Of Thieves
Overview: After fighting in the Crusades alongside Richard I of England Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is the be married to another against her well in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-16
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Together Again
1944-12-23
Together Again
Overview: Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-23
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Down to Earth
1947-08-21
Down to Earth
Overview: Upset at a new Broadway musical mocking The Nine Muses, Greek goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth to land a part in the show and change it.
Genres: Music Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-21
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Everybody's Dancin'
1950-03-31
Everybody's Dancin'
Overview: Dance-hall owner Dick Lane is in dire need of some big-name acts or he will lose his business. Several country-western stars come to his rescue by agreeing to appear on a TV special to be broadcast from his club.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-31
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Show Boat
1951-07-19
Show Boat
Overview: A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-19
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Runaway Daughters
1956-01-20
Runaway Daughters
Overview: Three teenagers with troubled families are unable to adjust at home and in high-school. Tempted with an easy, carefree life they soon pass from misdemeanors into serious crime - and will suffer for it. Sometimes, repentance comes too late.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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The Traveling Saleswoman
1950-02-15
The Traveling Saleswoman
Overview: The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-15
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Jane Eyre
1943-12-24
Jane Eyre
Overview: After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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The Woman from Tangier
1948-02-12
The Woman from Tangier
Overview: This one has Nylon, an American dancer fleeing Morocco after her employer gets into trouble with the police, and she stops off at Tangiers on her way to Gibraltar. $50,000, in gold, is stolen from the ship's safe and the captain tells the police that the purser was the thief and that he had to kill him in self defense, but the purser must have hidden the money before he got dead. The purser isn't in any position to make a disclaimer. Everybody buys that with the exception of an insurance detective, Shapley, who, along with the audience, suspects the captain of being the thief shows up to investigate further. Written By Les Adams
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-12
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The Lonesome Trail
1955-07-01
The Lonesome Trail
Overview: Back from the Indian wars, a cowboy wages a single-handed war against a land baron and his henchmen. After his shooting hand is disabled, he masters the bow and arrow to take on the gang one arrow at a time!
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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Black Arrow
1944-01-01
Black Arrow
Overview: With a plot line mostly lifted from 1941's "White Eagle", Columbia's 24th serial (following "The Desert Hawk-1944" and ahead of 1945's "Brenda Starr, Reporter"), "Black Arrow" finds carpet-baggers Jake Jackson and Buck Sherman arriving in Blue Mesa in search of gold.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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Fallen Angel
1945-11-15
Fallen Angel
Overview: An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Strange Lady in Town
1955-04-12
Strange Lady in Town
Overview: Julia Garth, a female doctor, plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor, Rourke O'Brien.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-12
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The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
The Fuller Brush Man
Overview: Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward attempts at sales are further complicated when one of his customers is murdered and he becomes the prime suspect.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-01
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943-03-26
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Overview: In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe's star singer for a selfish heiress.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-03-26
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The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
The Gang's All Here
Overview: A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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Make Believe Ballroom
1949-04-01
Make Believe Ballroom
Overview: Liza Lee, fast-talking press agent for Al Jarvis, persuades Jarvis to stage a Musical Mystery Contest, with a $5000 prize to the person who can first name the most musical numbers and their performers. Lots of musicians perform.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-01
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The Mutineers
1949-04-22
The Mutineers
Overview: Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.
Genres: Action Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-22
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Law of the Barbary Coast
1949-07-21
Law of the Barbary Coast
Overview: Wayne Adams is murdered in a Barbary Coast saloon and gambling hall in San Francisco in 1880, and his sister, Julie, enlists the aid of the district attorney, Michael Lodge, in gathering evidence in which to convict the owner of the gambling house of the crime. In order to do so, Julie poses as a dance-hall-girl, and soon finds herself in a dangerous situation.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-21
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Bad Girls Behind Bars
2005-06-12
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Overview: A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-12
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When a Girl's Beautiful
1947-09-25
When a Girl's Beautiful
Overview: An advertising man has to come with "the perfect woman" for an ad campaign. He puts together a picture of a woman from a composite of several photos, to get an idea of the kind of woman he should look for. His boss sees it, thinks that it is an actual woman, and orders him to find her and use her in the campaign.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-25
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