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Government Girl is a 1943 American romantic-comedy film, produced and directed by Dudley Nichols and starring Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts.
Government Girl: Directed by Dudley Nichols. With Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker. The secretary of a newly appointed government official strives to make him a success in spite of his shortcomings.
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- Romance
- Dudley Nichols
- 1943-11-05
Sep 30, 2014 · Government Girl (1943) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #GovernmentGirlDollar-a-year-man Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) may be skilled at building bombers, but he's a nin...
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Olivia de Havilland's face in the wartime romantic comedy Government Girl (1943) will give you a pretty good idea. Sonny Tufts plays Ed Browne, an auto engineer who takes a thankless government job overseeing the production of bombers; de Havilland is Elizabeth "Smokey" Allard, his secretary, a woman who knows all the ins and outs of Washington.
- Dudley Nichols, J. D. Starkey
- Olivia De Havilland
Government Girl. At the height of World War II, auto engineer Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) is called to Washington, D.C., from Detroit to head a new experimental aircraft project.
- Comedy
- Olivia de Havilland
- Dudley Nichols
Ed Browne, more used to making cars in Detroit, is having to try and get planes made in this maelstrom. Luckily or unluckily, he finds he has a secretary who knows the political ropes - and her own mind. — Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Government Girl is a film directed by Dudley Nichols with Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Baker .... Year: 1943. Original title: Government Girl. Synopsis: Washington DC in the war. The machinery of government is a hive of endless if not seamless activity.
