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The Devil and Miss Jones

film by Wood [1941]
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  • A Night at the Opera
    Sam Wood
    / Wood’s heyday

    …success continued with the comedy The Devil and Miss Jones (1941). Charles Coburn starred as the wealthy owner of a department store who goes undercover in order to root out union activists but instead is befriended by a clerk (played by Jean Arthur) and develops sympathy for his mistreated employees.…

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    …success continued with the comedy The Devil and Miss Jones (1941). Charles Coburn starred as the wealthy owner of a department store who goes undercover in order to root out union activists but instead is befriended by a clerk (played by Jean Arthur) and develops sympathy for his mistreated employees.…

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  • Cummings, Robert
    Robert Cummings

    …Murder (1954); films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O’Rourke (1943) revealed his flair for light satire. Altogether, he played lead roles in over 100 films.

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    …Murder (1954); films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O’Rourke (1943) revealed his flair for light satire. Altogether, he played lead roles in over 100 films.

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