Working Girls (1931)

7.1/10 77 min Comedy

Overview

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.

Cast

Judith Wood

June Thorpe

Dorothy Hall

Mae Thorpe

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers

Boyd Wheeler

Paul Lukas

Dr. Joseph Von Schrader

Stuart Erwin

Pat Kelly

Frances Dee

Louise Adams

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Johnstone

Claire Dodd

Jane

Dorothy Stickney

Loretta

Alberta Vaughn

Violet (uncredited)

Geneva Mitchell

Maizie (uncredited)

Adrienne Ames

Bit (uncredited)

Mischa Auer

Elsie's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Sheila Bromley

Carrie (uncredited)

Marion Byron

Ellen (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Boyd's Butler (uncredited)

Ruth Channing

Frieda (uncredited)

Marjorie Gateson

Modiste (uncredited)

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