Carole Lombard
Maggie King
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Synopsis
A hairdresser working aboard a liner meets a persistent young soldier in the Panama Canal Zone. Their initial friction opens into an association shaped by music and performance. Ambition and affection must find room within lives that are already in motion.
Cast
DirectorsMitchell Leisen
Inspirations
Arthur Hopkins and George Manker Watters's play Burlesque supplies the source. The adaptation joins backstage relationships to a story in which professional and emotional fortunes rise and fall together.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Carole Lombard — Photograph by Paul Hesse (1896 – 1973) · Public domain
- Fred MacMurray — Paramount Pictures · Public domain
- Charles Butterworth — https://archive.org/details/second_chorus · Public domain
- Jean Dixon — film screenshot (Universal Pictures) · Public domain
