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Somewhat Secret

Mar 29, 1939

0h 21m

★ 0.0

Overview

At the Dimsdale Hall Finishing School, Assistant Dean Emily Godsall declares that any student who associates herself with swing music will be severely punished. Complications develop when she finds out that her boyfriend, a chemistry professor at the school, is also a well-known swing bandleader.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Somewhat Secret Trailers

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Cast

Assistant Dean Emily Godsall

Mary Howard

Swingopater Trombonist

Benny Rubin

Benjamin 'Barrelhouse Benny' Barnes

Tom Collins

Alice the Tattletale

Mary Bovard

Atlantic City Emcee (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

Swingopater Violinist (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

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