She Wrote the Book
“She wrote the years BLUSHING best-seller... then had to live it... page by burning page”
1946•NR•1h 20m•6.5•Released
Comedy
A plain-Jane math professor (Joan Davis) at a small midwestern college is talked into journeying to New York on behalf of a colleague who has written a steamy bestseller under an assumed name. When she arrives she gets a bump on the head which brings on a form of amnesia and she begins to believe she is the author of the book. Hijinks and adventures follow.
Director
Charles Lamont
Writer
Warren Wilson, Oscar Brodney
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Joan Davis
Jane Featherstone
Jack Oakie
Jerry Marlowe
Mischa Auer
Joe
Gloria Stuart
Phyllis Fowler
Kirby Grant
Eddie Caldwell
Jacqueline deWit
Millicent Van Cleve
Thurston Hall
Horace Van Cleve
John Litel
Dean Fowler
Cora Witherspoon
Carrothers
Selmer Jackson
Fielding
Verna Felton
Mrs. Kilgour
Dick Elliott
Party Guest
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Warren Wilson
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