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Buzz (2005)
Character: N/A
A journey to places, where the overlooked Hollywood screenwriter Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides lived and worked, revealing the operation of Hollywood's production system in the 1940s, '50s, '60s and more ...
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The Lady Escapes (1937)
Character: Linda Ryan
A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.
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Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993)
Character: Self
There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and Cooper. Her films saved a movie studio from bankruptcy, and a President credited her with raising the morale of Depression-weary Americans. Her earliest movies gave a foretaste of her talents and soon would become the songs and dances that helped make those movies immortal.
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Forever Hollywood (1999)
Character: Self
Noted Hollywood stars and directors talk about the history and evolution of the film industry in Los Angeles.
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The World of Gods and Monsters: A Journey with James Whale (1999)
Character: Self
Written, co-produced and co-directed by David J. Skal, THE WORLD OF GODS AND MONSTERS is a behind-the scenes chronicle of the making of the 1998 Academy Award-winning film GODS AND MONSTERS starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. Narrated by author/ filmmaker Clive Barker, the documentary interweaves the life and career of James Whale, director of the original FRANKENSTEIN, with the making of the acclaimed biopic. Interviewees include writer/director Bill Condon (Oscar winner for best adapted screenplay), Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, and Christopher Bram, author of the novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, on which the film was based.
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Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (1997)
Character: Self
This documentary, originally presented on the television series The South Bank Show, covers actor Humphrey Bogart's life and career, including archival footage and interviews with Lauren Bacall and his son Stephen Bogart.
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Winner Take All (1939)
Character: Julie Harrison
When a waiter makes a lucky hit and wins a benefit prizefight, gamblers rig some fights for him; but a reporter arranges for a real boxer to put him in his place.
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The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Character: Ellen Godfrey
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.
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Fun and Games (1980)
Character: Terri
A divorcee decides to fight back after her hopes of gaining a promotion are dashed by her rejection of the advances of her boss, and it is only after he actually attacks her that her company and her union take notice.
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The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981)
Character: Mrs. Fowler
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school system in an attempt to make schools safer for students and teachers alike, against the advice of the school's principal, Dr. Keys, who tries to gloss over the hazardous conditions and the incident itself to avoid bad publicity and decreased enrollment.
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The Best Place to Be (1979)
Character: N/A
A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much younger man -- and then a former suitor comes back into the picture.
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It Could Happen to You (1939)
Character: Doris Winslow
In this comedy/mystery a milquetoast ad man finds his good ideas constantly copped by ambitious coworkers. His boss doesn't even seem to see him. The ad man's wife pushes her husband into confronting his boss during a party. Unfortunately, the timid fellow finds himself accused of murder after a corpse is found in the trunk of his car. He is quickly incarcerated for the crime. Meanwhile his wife begins investigating in an attempt to prove his innocence.
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Change of Heart (1938)
Character: Carol Murdock
While Carol Murdock is becoming the golf-champion at the country club, husband Anthony is all wrapped up in his business and rants a lot about how much time his wife spends playing gold, thereby neglecting their home and him. Carol teams up with golfer Phillip Reeves and they win a tournament together, and Reeves becomes infatuated with Carol. Anthony rants some more and Carol packs up and starts the divorce proceedings. Anthony fights back by taking up golf himself.
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My Mother the Spy (2000)
Character: Grandma
Disappointed that her mother has always disappeared at important times in her life, Alison Shaeffer, a successful book editor, decides to track down her mother on a remote island in an effort to patch things up. But family secrets unravel when Allison discovers that her mother is a CIA agent after she accidentally stumbles into one of her mom's covert operations.
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Time Out for Murder (1938)
Character: Margie Ross
A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.
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The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
Character: (voice)
"The Titanic Chronicles" is based on the 1912 Senate Hearings into the "Titanic" Disaster. The actual testimony is read by an international cast. This program is an enactment of the most striking and revealing moments from the actual hearings. The testimony you will hear comes closest to the truth as to why the R.M.S. "Titanic" now lies on the bottom of the North Atlantic.
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Island in the Sky (1938)
Character: Julie Hayes
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
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Maybe It's Love (1935)
Character: Bobby Halevy
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed.
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The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979)
Character: Rose Hooper
A big-city female doctor returns to her roots in the backwoods of the Blue Ridge Mountains to bring modern medicine to the local folks in the Appalachia of the 1930s and finds herself at odds with the homespun ways of the resident medicine woman.
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Adventures of the Queen (1975)
Character: Female Passenger
A madman hijacks the luxury cruise liner, S.S. Queen, and threatens to blow it up unless a millionaire pays him the the contents of a safe deposit box. The crew regains control of the ship, but the hijacker dies, taking the codes to disarm the bomb with him.
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It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
Character: Dorothy Wilton
An aviator who crash landed on an island in the South Pacific returns home to find that he is the last fertile man left on Earth after an epidemic of masculitus.
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She Knows Too Much (1989)
Character: Kiki Watwood
In this comedy-drama set in Washington, D.C., an ex-burglar and a dumbbell detective must team up to solve several puzzling murders.
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Back Street (1932)
Character: Young Woman (uncredited)
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
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Land of Plenty (2004)
Character: Old Lady
After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.
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The Old Dark House (1932)
Character: Margaret Waverton
In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansion.
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The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
Character: Jessica
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.
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I'll Tell the World (1934)
Character: Jane Hamilton
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
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Here Comes the Navy (1934)
Character: Dorothy Martin
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
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Laddie (1935)
Character: Pamela Pryor
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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36 Hours to Kill (1936)
Character: Anne Marvis
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 if he can cash it in without getting apprehended
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Beloved (1934)
Character: Lucy Tarrant Hausmann
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
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The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979)
Character: Roberta
Hoping to repair their marriage, Jennie Logan and her husband move into a beautiful Victorian manor. When Jennie tries on an antique dress she finds in the attic, she is transported back one hundred years, where she meets the house's previous owner, David. As her feelings for David grow, it becomes clear that Jennie is not only torn between two men and two times, but she also faces danger in both worlds.
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Gift of Gab (1934)
Character: Barbara Kelton
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
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Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)
Character: Doris Martin
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
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Enemy of Women (1944)
Character: Bertha, actress
Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.
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The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
Character: Lucy Bernsdorf
When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
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Life Begins in College (1937)
Character: Janet O'Hara
When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.
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Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
Character: Self
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends and co-workers.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Character: Gwen Warren
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
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Universal Horror (1998)
Character: Self - Interviewee
A documentary about the era of classic monster movies that were made at Universal Studios during the 1930s and 1940s.
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The Horror of It All (1983)
Character: Self
A collection of film clips from horror movies and interviews with the actors and directors who made them.
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Air Mail (1932)
Character: Ruth Barnes
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.
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The Whistler (1944)
Character: Alice Walker
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
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My Favorite Year (1982)
Character: Mrs. Horn
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
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The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Character: Store customer
A dramatization of the famous 1893 Massachusetts trial of the woman accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an ax.
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Girl Overboard (1937)
Character: Mary Chesbrooke
A beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
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Roman Scandals (1933)
Character: Princess Sylvia
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
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Here Comes Elmer (1943)
Character: Glenda Forbes
This musical comedy stars radio star Al Pearce has a double role playing himself and Elmer Blurt, the leader of a small-town band that struggles toward stardom in the big city. Their journey begins when Elmer decides to eject their female singer because she isn't really right. Unfortunately, her angry father is their sponsor and when he finds out, he withdraws all support.
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The All-American (1932)
Character: Ellen Steffens
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
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The Girl in 419 (1933)
Character: Mary Dolan
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
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Street of Women (1932)
Character: Doris 'Dodo' Baldwin
An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect's daughter. The complicated entanglement leads to misunderstanding and dissolution, but ultimately love.
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Laughter in Hell (1933)
Character: Lorraine
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
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Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
Character: Irene von Helldorf
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.
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The Three Musketeers (1939)
Character: Queen Anne
A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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In the Glitter Palace (1977)
Character: Mrs. Bowman
The ex-girlfriend of a lawyer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
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Private Jones (1933)
Character: Mary Gregg
After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter of his family and is employed by businessman Roger Winthrop, his sister Helen's boss.
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The Love Letter (1999)
Character: Eleanor
A romantic comedy about a mysterious love letter that turns a sleepy New England town upside down.
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Professional Soldier (1935)
Character: Countess Sonia
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
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Sweepings (1933)
Character: Phoebe
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
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Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)
Character: Eliza Hoops
Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.
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The Girl on the Front Page (1936)
Character: Joan Langford
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Character: Mrs. Peggy Mudd
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
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Titanic (1997)
Character: Old Rose
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
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The Lady Objects (1938)
Character: Ann Adams Hayward
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.
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Wildcats (1986)
Character: Mrs. Connoly
Molly is a high school track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.
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Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Character: Ann Prentiss
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.
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The Invisible Man (1933)
Character: Flora Cranley
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
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Shootdown (1988)
Character: Gertrude
Nan Moore is a U.S. government employee whose son is killed when Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by Soviets on September 1, 1983. While the "official" story maintains that the flight accidentally veered too far into Soviet territory, was mistaken as a spy plane and shot down when it failed to identify itself, Ms. Moore suspects otherwise. However, in the course of her struggles to get to the bottom of what actually happened, she finds herself constantly stonewalled. Facing a conspiracy of silence and the increasing hostility of the authorities, Ms. Moore attempts to find out exactly what occurred, but with every answer she discovers, new questions arise...
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Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Character: Margaret Allen
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
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Battered (1978)
Character: N/A
Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their husbands.
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Keep Smiling (1938)
Character: Carol Walters
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
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Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007)
Character: Herself
Chris & Don chronicles the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his much younger lover, artist Don Bachardy, and it combines present-day interviews, archival footage shot by the couple from the 1950s, excerpts from Isherwood's diaries, and playful animations to recount their romance.
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Mass Appeal (1984)
Character: Mrs. Curry
A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor.
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Flood! (1977)
Character: Mrs. Parker
Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.
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She Wrote the Book (1946)
Character: Phyllis Fowler
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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