Scatterbrain

Scatterbrain

1940 · 73 min · ★ 7.5 · Comedy, Music

A Hollywood studio goofs and signs the wrong girl--a hillbilly from the Ozarks--to a movie contract. Comedy.

Directed by Gus Meins · Written by Val Burton

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