She Wrote the Book

She Wrote the Book

80 mins | Comedy | May 31, 1946

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.

She Wrote the Book

80 mins | Comedy | May 31, 1946

She Wrote the Book
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.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title She Wrote the Book
Directors Charles Lamont
Writers Warren Wilson, Oscar Brodney

Cast

Joan Davis

as Jane Featherstone

Jack Oakie

as Jerry Marlowe

Mischa Auer

as Joe

Gloria Stuart

as Phyllis Fowler

Kirby Grant

as Eddie Caldwell

Jacqueline deWit

as Millicent Van Cleve

Thurston Hall

as Horace Van Cleve

John Litel

as Dean Fowler

Cora Witherspoon

as Carrothers

Selmer Jackson

as Fielding

Verna Felton

as Mrs. Kilgour

Dick Elliott

as Party Guest