Two Girls Wanted

Sep 11, 1927

1h 10m

★ 9.0

Overview

Marianna Miller, who together with her sister Sarah pounds the pavements, looking for a job. After a period of starvation and deprivation Marianna is hired as secretary to duplicitous businessman Philip Hancock.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Marianna Wright

Janet Gaynor

Dexter Wright

Glenn Tryon

Jack Terry

Ben Bard

Philip Hancock

Joseph Cawthorn

Johnny

Billy Bletcher

Miss Timoney

Doris Lloyd

Mrs. Delafield

Pauline Neff

Michael

C.L. Sherwood

Edna Delafield

Alyce Mills

Sarah Miller

Marie Mosquini

William Moody

William H. Tooker

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