Working Girls

6.8
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 77 min
  • Premiere: 1931. December 12.

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.

Discover

Judith Wood

June Thorpe

Dorothy Hall

Mae Thorpe

Paul Lukas

Dr. Joseph Von Schrader

Stuart Erwin

Pat Kelly

Frances Dee

Louise Adams

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Johnstone

Frances Moffett

Lou Hollings

Alberta Vaughn

Violet (uncredited)

Geneva Mitchell

Maizie (uncredited)

Adrienne Ames

Bit (uncredited)

Edith Arnold

Verne (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)

Sue Gomes

Alice (uncredited)

Lisa Gora

Elsie (uncredited)

Gretta Gould

Miss Gray (uncredited)

Virginia Hammond

Mrs. Flora Adams (uncredited)

Claude King

Mr. Adams (uncredited)

Jane Mercer

Fannie (uncredited)

Stella Moore

Maude (uncredited)

Gay Sheridan

Winnie (uncredited)

Yvonne Howell

Baby (uncredited)

David Mir

Perfumer (uncredited)

Harold Minjir

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Pat Cummings

Singer with Megaphone (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Dance Extra / Lobby Extra (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest (uncredited)

Camera

Harry Fischbeck

Director of Photography

Robert Rhea

Assistant Camera

Lloyd Ahern Sr.

Assistant Camera

Clifton King

Still Photographer

James Knott

Camera Operator

Harry Merland

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Directing

Dorothy Arzner

Director

Editing

Jane Loring

Editor

Sound

Ralph Rainger

Original Music Composer

John Leipold

Orchestrator

Writing

Zoe Akins

Screenplay

Vera Caspary

Theatre Play

Winifred Lenihan

Theatre Play

Camera

Harry Fischbeck

Director of Photography

Robert Rhea

Assistant Camera

Lloyd Ahern Sr.

Assistant Camera

Clifton King

Still Photographer

James Knott

Camera Operator

Harry Merland

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Directing

Dorothy Arzner

Director

Editing

Jane Loring

Editor

Sound

Ralph Rainger

Original Music Composer

John Leipold

Orchestrator

Writing

Zoe Akins

Screenplay

Vera Caspary

Theatre Play

Winifred Lenihan

Theatre Play