Kansas City Princess

Kansas City Princess

Now they're digging gold in Paris!

1934 · 64 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy, Romance

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.

Directed by William Keighley · Written by Sy Bartlett

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Cast

Joan Blondell Rosie Sturges
Glenda Farrell Marie Callahan
Robert Armstrong Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson
Hugh Herbert Junior Ashcraft
Osgood Perkins Marcel Duryea - French Private Eye
T. Roy Barnes Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
Hobart Cavanaugh Alderman Sam Warren
Gordon Westcott Jimmy the Dude aka Frankie Smith
Vince Barnett Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman
Ivan Lebedeff Dr. Sascha Pilnakoff
Renee Whitney Mrs. 'Lovums' Ashcraft
Arthur Hoyt Mr. Greenway

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