Ladies Must Play

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Ladies Must Play
Directed by Raymond Cannon
Written by Dorothy Howell
Produced by Harry Cohn
Starring Dorothy Sebastian
Neil Hamilton
Natalie Moorhead
CinematographyJoseph Walker
Edited by Gene Milford
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
August 1, 1930
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ladies Must Play is a 1930 pre-Code comedy film starring Dorothy Sebastian and Neil Hamilton directed by Raymond Cannon. [1]

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Plot

Tony, a popular but bankrupt New York socialite, sends his stenographer to Newport to find and marry a millionaire, but she owes her boss a 10% commission.

Cast

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References

  1. Munden, Kenneth White (1997). American File Institute Catalog. University of California Press. p. 412.