''Let's Be Ritzy'' is a 1934 American

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directed by

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and written by Harry Sauber and Earle Snell. The film stars

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, Patricia Ellis, Isabel Jewell, Frank McHugh, Berton Churchill and Robert McWade. The film was released on May 1, 1934, by

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Plot

Cast

as Jimmy Sterling * Patricia Ellis as Ruth Sterling * Isabel Jewell as Betty * Frank McHugh as Bill Damroy Robert * Berton Churchill as R.M. Pembrook * Robert McWade as Splevin * Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Burton *

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as Lt. Spaulding * Clay Clement as Mr. Hildreth * Adrian Morris as Henry Robert * Betty Lawford as Mrs. Pembrook * Lois January as Stenographer * Craig Reynolds as Clerk *Jimmy Scott as Clerk *Dean Benton as Clerk *Boothe Howard as Cop * Barry Norton as Rogers

References

External links

* 1934 films 1930s English-language films American comedy films 1934 comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Edward Ludwig American black-and-white films Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) 1930s American films English-language comedy films {{1930s-comedy-film-stub