Blonde Inspiration (1941)

Director
Busby Berkeley

Main cast
John Shelton; Virginia Grey; Albert Dekker; Charles Butterworth; Donald Meek

Genres
Comedy

Description
A writer (John Shelton) of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher (Albert Dekker) want to pay for.


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