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Kansas City Princess (1934)
Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.
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Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.
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Genre:Comedy, Romance
Written By:Sy Bartlett, Manuel Seff
In Theaters:10/13/1934
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Runtime:64 minutes
Studio:Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
William Keighley
Director
Joan Blondell
Rosie Sturges
Glenda Farrell
Marie Callahan
Robert Armstrong
Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson
Hugh Herbert
Junior Ashcraft
Osgood Perkins
Marcel Duryea - French Private Eye
T. Roy Barnes
Alderman James 'Jim' Cameron
Hobart Cavanaugh
Alderman Sam Warren
Gordon Westcott
Jimmy the Dude aka Frankie Smith
Vince Barnett
Quincy - Dynamite's Henchman
Ivan Lebedeff
Dr. Sascha Pilnakoff
Renee Whitney
Mrs. 'Lovums' Ashcraft
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