She Wrote the Book (1946)
She wrote the years BLUSHING best-seller... then had to live it... page by burning page
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.
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Joan DavisJane Featherstone
Jack OakieJerry Marlowe
Mischa AuerJoe
Gloria StuartPhyllis Fowler
Kirby GrantEddie Caldwell
Jacqueline deWitMillicent Van Cleve
Thurston HallHorace Van Cleve
John LitelDean Fowler
Cora WitherspoonCarrothers
Selmer JacksonFielding
Verna FeltonMrs. Kilgour
Dick ElliottParty GuestKeywords
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What is She Wrote the Book about?
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.
How long is She Wrote the Book?
She Wrote the Book has a runtime of 80 minutes.