Variety Girl

Variety Girl

PARAMOUNT'S MAMMOTH MUSICAL ROMANCE ...

NR 1947 · 93 min · ★ 6.5 · Music, Comedy

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

Directed by George Marshall · Written by Monte Brice

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