Cheating Blondes

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Cheating Blondes
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Directed by Joseph Levering
Written byIslin Auster
Lewis R. Foster
Based onHouse of Chanceby Gertie De S. Wentworth [1]
Produced by Larry Darmour
Starring Thelma Todd
Ralf Harolde
Inez Courtney
Cinematography James S. Brown Jr.
Edited by Dwight Caldwell
Music by Lee Zahler
Production
company
Larry Darmour Productions
Distributed by Majestic Pictures
Equitable Pictures
Release date
  • May 1, 1933 (1933-05-01)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cheating Blondes is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde and Inez Courtney. [2]

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References

  1. "Cheating Blondes". www.tcm.com. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  2. Handzo, p. 52

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