Naughty but Nice

Naughty but Nice

The "Oomph" Girl's Greatest Tri"Oomph"

1939 · 89 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Music

Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Richard Macaulay

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