Working Girls

Working Girls

MEN may do the bossing- but the girls make their own plans for them!

1931 · 77 min · ★ 7.1 · Comedy

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.

Directed by Dorothy Arzner · Written by Zoë Akins

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Judith Wood June Thorpe
Dorothy Hall Mae Thorpe
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Boyd Wheeler
Paul Lukas Dr. Joseph Von Schrader
Stuart Erwin Pat Kelly
Frances Dee Louise Adams
Mary Forbes Mrs. Johnstone
Frances Moffett Lou Hollings
Claire Dodd Jane
Dorothy Stickney Loretta
Alberta Vaughn Violet (uncredited)
Geneva Mitchell Maizie (uncredited)

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