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Maid to Order

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Maid to Order

1939

0h 17m

10.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Father-in-law Billy Franey discovers the letter that Edgar has written a matrimonial agency to marry him off and slips Edgar's picture in it. When Minerva Urecal (sporting an Italian accent) shows up, wife Vivien Oakland resists attempts to get her out of the house so she can confront the interloper and her husband.

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RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast & crew

5 featured cast members

Starring

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar

Vivien Oakland

Vivien Oakland

Vivien

Billy Franey

Billy Franey

Pop - Vivien's father

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Mail-Order Bride

Tom Dempsey

Tom Dempsey

Creative team

Directed by: Charles E. Roberts

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