Margie (1940 film)

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Margie
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Directed by Otis Garrett
Paul Gerard Smith
Screenplay by Erna Lazarus
Scott Darling
Paul Gerard Smith
Story byErna Lazarus
Scott Darling
Produced byJoseph Gershenson
Starring Tom Brown
Nan Grey
Mischa Auer
Joy Hodges
Edgar Kennedy
Allen Jenkins
Eddie Quillan
Wally Vernon
Cinematography Stanley Cortez
Edited by Ted J. Kent
Music by Charles Previn>br>H. J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 6, 1940 (1940-12-06)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Margie is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Otis Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith and written by Erna Lazarus, Scott Darling and Paul Gerard Smith. The film stars Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Mischa Auer, Joy Hodges, Edgar Kennedy, Allen Jenkins, Eddie Quillan and Wally Vernon. The film was released on December 6, 1940, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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  2. Hal Erickson. "Margie (1940) - Otis M. Garrett, Paul Gerard Smith". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
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