Man-Proof

A newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even though he recently married another woman.

Cast

Myrna Loy

as Mimi Swift

Franchot Tone

as Jimmy Kilmartin

Rosalind Russell

as Elizabeth Kent

Walter Pidgeon

as Alan Wythe

Nana Bryant

as Meg Swift

Leonard Penn

as Bob

John Miljan

as Tommy Gaunt

William Stack

as Minister

Oscar O'Shea

as Gus the Bartender

Rita Johnson

as Florence (dialogue scenes deleted)

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