She Wrote the Book

May 31, 1946

1h 20m

★ 6.0

She wrote the years BLUSHING best-seller... then had to live it... page by burning page

Overview

A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Jane Featherstone

Joan Davis

Jerry Marlowe

Jack Oakie

Joe

Mischa Auer

Phyllis Fowler

Gloria Stuart

Eddie Caldwell

Kirby Grant

Millicent Van Cleve

Jacqueline deWit

Horace Van Cleve

Thurston Hall

Dean Fowler

John Litel

Carrothers

Cora Witherspoon

Fielding

Selmer Jackson

Mrs. Kilgour

Verna Felton

Party Guest

Dick Elliott

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