Movie Comedy
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
Jack Oakie Lucille Ball Ruth Donnelly Bradley Page Fritz Feld Thurston Hall Elisabeth Risdon Granville Bates James Burke Lee Van Atta Anthony Warde Eddie Marr Leona Roberts Brooks Benedict Stanley Blystone Maurice Cass Charles Coleman Wade Crosby Claire Du Brey Mildred Gover George Irving Kane Richmond Madame Sul-Te-Wan John Sutton
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