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Strictly Modern (1930)

Strictly Modern poster
Directed by
William A. Seiter
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman gets involved in romantic complications. It is based on a stage play and is a pre-Code comedy with quick dialogue and mistaken identities.

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What happens

Strictly Modern is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Sidney Blackmer. It was produced and released by First National Pictures and was based on a play, Cousin Kate, written by Hubert Henry Davies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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