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She Had to Eat (1937)

She Had to Eat poster
Directed by
Malcolm St. Clair
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man hires a motorist to pretend to be a society woman to get out of a ticket. She then poses as a wealthy heiress to impress a millionaire.

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What happens

She Had to Eat is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Malcolm St. Clair and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jack Haley, Rochelle Hudson, Arthur Treacher, Eugene Pallette, Douglas Fowley and John Qualen. It was released on July 2, 1937, by 20th Century-Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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