What's Up with Nanette?

What's Up with Nanette?

1929 · 92 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

In her only self-produced film, Ruth Weyher plays the wife of a bankrupt night editor who secretly performs as a vaudeville dancer to alleviate his financial woes. Her stuffy husband, however, believes she inherited money from a wealthy aunt. When the supposedly dead aunt suddenly appears on the doorstep, a turbulent game of hide-and-seek ensues...

Directed by Holger-Madsen · Written by Marie Luise Droop

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