The Gay Deception

Sep 13, 1935

1h 17m

★ 6.4

Overview

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Sandro

Francis Lederer

Mirabel

Frances Dee

Miss Channing

Benita Hume

Lord Clewe

Alan Mowbray

Consul-General

Lennox Pawle

Lucille

Adele St. Mauer

Spellek

Akim Tamiroff

Ernest

Luis Alberni

Gettel

Lionel Stander

Mr. Squires

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Mr. Spitzer

Richard Carle

Peg DeForrest

Lenita Lane

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