When You’re in Love
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings “Minnie the Moocher” in one scene.
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Director: Harry Lachman, Robert Riskin
Actors: Aline MacMahon, Bess Flowers, Cary Grant, Catherine Doucet, Dewey Robinson, Emma Dunn, Grace Moore, Henry Stephenson, Luis Alberni, Thomas Mitchell
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