Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (film)

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Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me
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Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Screenplay by Charles Grayson
Edmund Hartmann
Story byEd Sullivan
Produced byJoseph Gershenson
Starring Tom Brown
Constance Moore
Richard Carle
Anne Nagel
Jerome Cowan
Elisabeth Risdon
Fritz Feld
Cinematography Elwood Bredell
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 15, 1940 (1940-03-15)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Charles Grayson and Edmund Hartmann. The film stars Tom Brown, Constance Moore, Richard Carle, Anne Nagel, Jerome Cowan, Elisabeth Risdon and Fritz Feld. The film was released on March 15, 1940, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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