Glamour | |
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Directed by | William Wyler |
Written by | Doris Anderson |
Produced by | B.F. Zeidman |
Starring | Paul Lukas Constance Cummings Phillip Reed |
Cinematography | George Robinson |
Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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An ambitious chorus girl marries an up-and-coming composer.
The film was a box-office disappointment for Universal. [2]
UCLA archive and Library of Congress are in possession of prints.
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