Standing Room Only
What a Girl Will Do to Get a Bed in Washington!
1944 · 1h 23m · Approved
Comedy, Romance, War
Directed by
Sidney Lanfield
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Standing Room Only
Overview
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
Director and cast
- Sidney Lanfield Director
- Paulette Goddard as Jane Rogers
- Fred MacMurray as Lee Stevens
- Edward Arnold as T.J. Todd
- Anne Revere as Maj. Harriet Cromwell
- Roland Young as Ira Cromwell
- Hillary Brooke as Alice Todd
- Clarence Kolb as Glen Ritchie
- Isabel Randolph as Jane Ritchie
- Porter Hall as Hugo Farenhall
- Veda Ann Borg as Peggy Fuller
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