Many a Slip (film)

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Many a Slip
Directed by Vin Moore
Screenplay by Edith Fitzgerald
Robert Riskin
Gladys Buchanan Unger
Produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Starring Joan Bennett
Lew Ayres
Slim Summerville
Ben Alexander
Virginia Sale
Roscoe Karns
CinematographyJerome Ash
Edited byHarry W. Lieb
Music by Heinz Roemheld
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • August 1931 (1931-08)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Many a Slip is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Vin Moore and written by Edith Fitzgerald, Robert Riskin and Gladys Buchanan Unger. The film stars Joan Bennett, Lew Ayres, Slim Summerville, Ben Alexander, Virginia Sale and Roscoe Karns. The film was released in August 1931 by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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