Movie: She Wrote the Book

Top 10 Billed Cast

Joan Davis
Joan Davis

Jane Featherstone

Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie

Jerry Marlowe

Mischa Auer
Миша Ауэр

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

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  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    1946-05-31

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

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

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
  • Keywords

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