A Girl with Ideas

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A Girl with Ideas

"SHE TORE HER COMPETITOR'S PAPER APART!"

1937

1h 10m

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Overview

A rich banker's zany daughter gains control of a large newspaper.

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12 members

Acting

Wendy Barrie

Mary Morton

Acting

Walter Pidgeon

Mickey McGuire

Acting

Kent Taylor

Frank Barnes

Acting

Dorothea Kent

Isabelle Foster

Acting

George Barbier

John Morton

Acting

Henry Hunter

William Duncan

Acting

Samuel S. Hinds

Rodding Carter

Acting

Edward Gargan

Eddie

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Ted Osborne

Bailey

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Horace McMahon

Acting

George Humbert

Toni

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Norman Willis

Hanson

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