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Young and Willing 1943 Directed by Edward H. Griffith

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of the Paramount productions that was sold to United Artists in the early-40's when U.A. was having trouble meeting their exhibitor contracts because of lack of product, mainly due to their loss of production in England. A group of starving, but young and willing, actors band together to share finances and an apartment. Norman Reese (William Holden) orders no love nonsense between the boys and girls till they are set on broadway, but Marge Benson (Barbara Britton) and Tony Dennison (James Brown) are already secretly married. A friend drops in to see Dottie Coburn (Martha O'Driscoll) and is shocked to find the boys and girls sharing the same apartment and insists it is her duty to inform Dottie's father (Jay Fassett.)

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Drama
Production Company Paramount Pictures
Release Date 5 February 1943
83 mins
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William Holden Norman Reese
Eddie Bracken George Bodell
Susan Hayward Kate Benson
Robert Benchley Arthur Kenny
Martha O'Driscoll Dottie Coburn
Barbara Britton Marge Benson Dennison
Mabel Paige Mrs. Garnet
Florence MacMichael Muriel Foster
James Brown Tony Dennison
Jay Fassett J.T. Coburn
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