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"she had plenty of trouble finding a man she couldn't boss. ...AND PLENTY MORE AFTER SHE FOUND HIM!"

1933

1h 0m

6.3(29 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Overview

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.

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49 members

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Ruth Chatterton

Alison Drake

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George Brent

Jim Thorne

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Lois Wilson

Harriet Brown

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Johnny Mack Brown

George P. Cooper

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Ruth Donnelly

Miss Frothingham

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Ferdinand Gottschalk

Pettigrew

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Phillip Reed

Freddie Claybourne

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Gavin Gordon

Briggs

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Kenneth Thomson

Red

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Huey White

Puggy

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Douglass Dumbrille

George Mumford

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Spencer Charters

Tom

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Rafaela Ottiano

Della, Alison's Maid (Uncredited)

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Robert Greig

James, Alison's Main Butler (Uncredited)

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Edward Cooper

James, Alison's Second Butler (Uncredited)

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Jean Muir

Miss Joyce, Jim's Secretary (Uncredited)

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Frank Darien

Ed, Comptroller (Uncredited)

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Walter Walker

Jarratt (Uncredited)

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Robert Warwick

Attorney Bradley (Uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Private Detective Falihee (Uncredited)

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Joseph Crehan

Police Lieutenant (Uncredited)

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Tom Costello

Draftsman (Uncredited)

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Irving Bacon

Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)

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Harrison Greene

Man with Pig (Uncredited)

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Charley Grapewin

Drunk at Hamburger Stand (Uncredited)

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Lew Harvey

Man Trying to Pick Up Alison (Uncredited)

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Robert McKenzie

Grocery Store Proprietor (Uncredited)

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George Ovey

Party Guest (Uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Man with Thorne's Blueprint (Uncredited)

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Juliet Ware

Red's Wife (Uncredited)

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King Mojave

Secretary (Uncredited)

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Ethel Wales

Alison's Secretary (Uncredited)

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Edmund Burns

Allison's Secretary (Uncredited)

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Dick Winslow

First Office Boy (Uncredited)

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George Offerman, Jr.

Gus, Office Boy (Uncredited)

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Henry Otho

Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)

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Lester Dorr

Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)

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Edward Keane

Department Head (Uncredited)

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William B. Davidson

Department Head (Uncredited)

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Willard Robertson

Department Head (Uncredited)

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Larry Steers

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Henry Hebert

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Wallis Clark

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Sidney De Gray

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Emmett King

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Edmund Breese

Board Member (Uncredited)

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Eric Wilton

Footman (Uncredited)

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Vesey O'Davoren

Footman (Uncredited)

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