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Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

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Our Hearts Were Growing Up

"More Delightful Adventures of Those "YOUNG and GAY" Girls!"

1946

1h 23m

6.5(3 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.

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Paramount Pictures

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gail Russell

Gail Russell

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

Emily Kimbrough

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Tony Minnetti

Billy De Wolfe

Billy De Wolfe

Roland du Frere

James Brown

James Brown

Avery Moore

Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards

Tom Newhall

William Demarest

William Demarest

Peanuts Schultz

Sharon Douglas

Sharon Douglas

Suzanne Carter

Mary Hatcher

Mary Hatcher

Dibs Downing

Sara Haden

Sara Haden

Miss Dill

Creative team

Directed by: William D. Russell
Written by: Melvin Frank
Norman Panama
Produced by: Daniel Dare

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