True to Life
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A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1943-12-24
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: George Marshall
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: True to Life
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Mary Martin
Franchot Tone
Dick Powell
Victor Moore
Mabel Paige
William Demarest
Clarence Kolb
Beverly Hudson
Raymond Roe
Ernest Truex
Harry Shannon
Stanley Andrews
Maxine Ardell
Jack Baxley
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