The Girl Friend

The Girl Friend

Huggable, Kissable Ann! All America's girl friend in a song-sprayed spree of giddy gaiety!

NR 1935 · 66 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

An actor and two songwriters become rural con men.

Directed by Edward Buzzell · Written by Gertrude Purcell

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