Blonde Inspiration | |
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Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
Screenplay by | Marion Parsonnet |
Based on | Four Cents a Word 1937 play by John Cecil Holm |
Produced by | B.P. Fineman |
Starring | John Shelton Virginia Grey Albert Dekker Charles Butterworth Donald Meek |
Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh Sidney Wagner |
Edited by | Gene Ruggiero |
Music by | Bronislau Kaper |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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