General Nuisance (1941)
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Directors
Jules White
Cast
Bud Jamison, Buster Keaton, Dorothy Appleby
The story
Aristocratic millionaire Peter Hedley Lamar Jr. is entranced by army nurse but her cohort lets Lamar know that Dorothy is only interested in men in uniform. Lamar enlists to be near Dorothy, but Elsie tries to woo Lamar by singing a silly song to him (and Buster sings and dances!).
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comedy film
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