She Wrote the Book

She Wrote the Book

She wrote the years BLUSHING best-seller... then had to live it... page by burning page

NR 1946 · 80 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy

A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.

Directed by Charles Lamont · Written by Oscar Brodney

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