Girls Will Be Boys
The Scandalous Comedy That Has Them Laughing in the Aisles!!!
1934 · 67 min · ★ 5.8 · Romance, Comedy
The Duke of Bridgewater sends for the heir he's never seen. His heir is Patricia, and the Duke is a woman-hater, so Patricia disguises herself as a boy.
Directed by Marcel Varnel · Written by Curt Siodmak
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Dolly Haas Pat Caverley -
Cyril Maude Duke of Bridgwater -
Esmond Knight Geoffrey Dawson -
Irene Vanbrugh Princess of Ehrenstein -
Edward Chapman Grey -
Ronald Ward Bernard -
Charles Paton Sanders -
Robert Rietti Boy - H H.F. Maltby
- A Alfred Wellesley
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