She Knew All the Answers
She Knew All the Answers | |
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Directed by | Richard Wallace |
Produced by | Charles R. Rogers |
Written by |
Kenneth Earl Curtis Kenyon Story: Jane Allen Harry Segall |
Starring |
Joan Bennett Franchot Tone Eve Arden |
Music by | Werner R. Heymann |
Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates | 14 May 1941 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
She Knew All the Answers is a 1941 romantic comedy film made by Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring by Joan Bennett and Franchot Tone. The screenplay was written by Kenneth Earl and Curtis Kenyon, based on story by Jane Allen and Harry Segall.
Plot
A chorus girl, Gloria Winters, is overjoyed that wealthy young Randy Bradford is so eager to marry her, he's asked her to elope. Before they can leave, Randy is contacted by Mark Willows, who runs a Wall Street financial organization that Randy's father founded. Willows stipulates that Randy will be disinherited should he elope with this girl.
Gloria is naturally upset. When she goes to see Willows, she expects an older man and is thrown off-balance by his youth and charm. Without revealing her true identity, Gloria lands a job at Willows' firm as a switchboard operator. A slip of the tongue on her part, however, costs Willows a great deal of money and she is fired.
Willows calms down and tries to make it up to her, visiting the apartment Gloria shares with Sally Long, another chorus girl. Willows accidentally discovers who Gloria really is, but an attraction forms. In the end, it is he and Gloria who elope.
Cast
- Joan Bennett as Gloria Winters
- Franchot Tone as Mark Willows
- John Hubbard as Randy Bradford
- Eve Arden as Sally Long
- William Tracy as Benny
- Pierre Watkin as George Wharton
- Almira Sessions as Elaine Wingate
- Thurston Hall as J.D. Sutton
- Grady Sutton as Ogleby
- Luis Alberni as Inventor
- Francis Compton as Tompkins
- Dick Elliott as Broker
- Selmer Jackson as Broker
- Forbes Murray as Broker
- Roscoe Ates as Gas Station Attendant
- Chester Clute as Butter and Egg Man
- George Lloyd as Cop
- Frank Sully as Cop
- Eddie Conrad as Waiter
- Patti McCarty as Hat Check Girl
- William 'Billy' Benedict as Singing Telegraph Boy
- Fern Emmett as Woman Applicant
- Walter Soderling as Building Utility Man
- Don Beddoe as Barber
- Patricia Hill as Manicurist
- Onest Conley as Shoeshine Boy
- George Hickman as Elevator Operator
- Don Marion as Elevator Operator
- Alice Keating as Telephone Operator
- Dave Willock as Messenger Boy
- Thom Metzetti as Milkman
- George Beranger as Head Waiter