The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Review: The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Director: Sam Wood

Cast: Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington,

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur
Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings
Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn
Spring Byington
Spring Byington

Plot: The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

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Compulsive Viewing: A Personal Pathology Part 1

Compulsive Viewing: A Personal Pathology Part 1

I usually only have time to write once a week for this blog, and my occasional obligations to Blogcritics (i.e. the free review copies I get through them) have pushed me into the habit of doing reviews more often than more general posts about […]

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