Cafe Society

Cafe Society

1939 · 83 min · ★ 7.5 · Comedy, Romance

A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get her name in a society column.

Directed by Edward H. Griffith · Written by Virginia Van Upp

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