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Working Girls
“MEN may do the bossing- but the girls make their own plans for them!”
7.3 / 10• 1931• 1h 17m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
Cast & Crew
Judith Wood
June Thorpe
Lead
Dorothy Hall
Mae Thorpe
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Boyd Wheeler
Paul Lukas
Dr. Joseph Von Schrader
Stuart Erwin
Pat Kelly
Frances Dee
Louise Adams
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Johnstone
FM
Frances Moffett
Lou Hollings
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dorothy Arzner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Working Girls is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
