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Play Girl is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 7 march 1941 with Kay Francis
Play Girl (1941)
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Add to a movie listPlay Girl is a 1941 film of the romantic comedy genre, starring Kay Francis as an aging gold digger who decides to pass on her skills to a young protegée, and featuring James Ellison, Mildred Coles, Nigel Bruce, Margaret Hamilton and Katherine Alexander.
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Grace Herbert (Kay Francis) is a 30-something woman who has made her living from seducing wealthy men and suing them for breach of promise. At the end of her finances, she and her maid, Josie (Margaret Hamilton) head to Miami where Grace hopes to find another rich man. When that plan falls through, she stumbles upon Ellen Daley (Mildred Coles), a young lady who is looking for a job as a secretary. Instead, Grace decide to make the girl her protege and teach her how to make money leading older wealthier men on for money.Actors
Kay Francis
(Grace Herbert)
James Ellison
(Thomas Elwood Dice)
Nigel Bruce
(William McDonald Vincent)
Margaret Hamilton
(Josie)
Katharine Alexander
(Mrs. Dice)
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