''The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' is a 1947 American

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directed by Henry Levin, produced by Samuel Bischoff and starring George Brent,

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and Adele Jergens. The comedic mystery is notable for featuring cameos by Hollywood gossip columnists appearing as themselves: Harrison Carroll, Jimmy Fidler, George Fisher,

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, Erskine Johnson,

Louella Parsons Louella Rose Oettinger, (August 6, 1881 – December 9, 1972) known by the pen name Louella Parsons, was an American gossip columnist and a screenwriter. At her peak, her columns were read by 20 million people in 700 newspapers worldwide. She ...

, and Sidney Skolsky. The movie is based on a novel by columnist Jimmy Starr, who also appears in the movie. The title makes reference to the practice of

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. It was produced and distributed by

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Plot

Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress.

Cast

* George Brent as Joe Medford *

as Rosemary Durant * Adele Jergens as Mona Harrison * Jim Bannon as Det. Lt. Mark Wilson * Leslie Brooks as Peggy Holmes * John Berkes as Larry Massey, Photographer * Fred F. Sears as Det. Dave Short * William Trenk as Fields * Grant Mitchell as Mitchell Edwards * Una O'Connor as Nora * Marvin Miller as Rudy Frasso * Mary Field as Felice * Cliff Clark as Emmett Willard * Wilton Graff as Maxwell Kenyon * William Forrest as Lance Fowler * Cosmo Sardo as Hector Rose * Charles Wagenheim as Claude * Lane Chandler as Prison Guard *

Gregory Gaye Gregory Gaye (born Grigoriy Grigoryevich Ge; October 10, 1900 – August 23, 1993) was a Russian-American character actor. The son of an actor, he was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the uncle of actor George Gaynes. He was a cad ...

as Movie Studio Director * Pat O'Malley as Truck Driver * George Fisher as Himself * Harrison Carroll as Himself * Jimmy Fidler as Himself *

as Herself * Erskine Johnson as Himself *

as Herself * Sidney Skolsky as Himself * Jimmy Starr as Himself

References

External links

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''The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' (1947) and the Hollywood Gossip Columnists
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