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Released
1928 · FILM

Beautiful But Dumb

She takes lessons from her smart girl friend in how to get her man

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
70 min
ComedyRomance

Synopsis

Janet Brady, a stenographer, wants the love of her boss. She learns her personality has no appeal, so she drops her mannish clothes and blossoms forth as a simpering flapper. She develops sex appeal plus and though her boss is nonplussed for a time she wins him in the end.

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Principal cast & crew: 14

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Desmond O BrienShot by L Guy Wilky

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