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Love Is a Headache (1938)

Love Is a Headache poster
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 13m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A press agent tries to boost the career of a has-been actress by inventing a romance between her and a young man. The scheme leads to complications and humorous situations.

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What happens

Love Is a Headache is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe and written by Marion Parsonnet, Harry Ruskin and William R. Lipman. The film stars Gladys George, Franchot Tone, Ted Healy, Mickey Rooney, Frank Jenks and Ralph Morgan. The film was released on January 14, 1938, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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