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The Girl Said No (1937)

The Girl Said No poster
Directed by
Andrew L. Stone
Genre
comedy film, musical film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shady bookie is in love with a greedy dance hall girl who rejects him. He schemes to win her back while also reviving a struggling Gilbert and Sullivan theater troupe.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbreezynostalgicromanticcomicmusical

What happens

The Girl Said No (aka With Words and Music) is a 1937 American musical comedy film produced by Andrew L. Stone and Edward L. Alperson for Grand National Pictures and directed by Andrew L. Stone. The screenplay was written by Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively and Andrew L. Stone. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Irene Hervey and Paula Stone. It uses musical numbers from Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and the story is about a shady bookie who is in love with a greedy dance hall girl and schemes to get her back after she rejects him. Along the way, he revives a failing Gilbert and Sullivan troupe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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