Olivia de Havilland
Elizabeth "Smokey" Allard
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Based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, and written by Dudley Nichols and Budd Schulberg, the film is about a secretary working in Washington for the war administration during World War II who helps her boss navigate the complex political machinations of government in an effort to build bomber aircraft for the war effort.
- $1.1 million (US rentals)
- November 5, 1943 (USA)
- Dudley Nichols
Government Girl: Directed by Dudley Nichols. With Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker. The secretary of a newly appointed government official strives to make him a success in spite of his shortcomings.
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- Romance
- Dudley Nichols
- 1943-11-05
Synopsis. Ed Browne, an automobile engineer, is summoned to Washington, D. C. to supervise the building of bomber planes for the War Construction Board. On his first night in the city, Ed discovers that there are no vacant hotel rooms until a desk clerk recognizes his picture from the paper and offers him room 2A.
- Dudley Nichols, J. D. Starkey
- Olivia De Havilland
Government Girl. Jump to Edit. Summaries. The secretary of a newly appointed government official strives to make him a success in spite of his shortcomings. Washington DC during World War II. The machinery of government is a hive of endless, if not seamless, activity. Armament production is the name of the game, by fair means or foul.
Movie Info. At the height of World War II, auto engineer Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) is called to Washington, D.C., from Detroit to head a new experimental aircraft project. A screwball ...
Government Girl (1943) is a vastly underrated and little known Olivia movie that is fun to watch. Olivia plays Elizabeth "Smokey" Allard, a Washington secretary who knows the ins and outs of Washington DC as war is ongoing and weapons must be made. Also the housing shortage is in full affect as Smo...
