Government Girl
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Government Girl is a 1943 American romantic-comedy film, produced and directed by Dudley Nichols and starring Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts. Based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, and written by Dudley Nichols and Budd Schulberg, the film is about a secretary working in Washington for the war administration during World War II who helps her boss navigate the complex political machinations of government in an effort to build bomber aircraft for the war effort.
Theatrical release poster
The three actors in the scene, Tufts, de Havilland and Moorhead all had contrasting styles, with the "wooden" male lead being easily outdone by his female co-stars.
Sonny Tufts
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Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for the films he made as a contract star at Paramount in the 1940s, including So Proudly We Hail!. He also starred in the cult classic Cat-Women of the Moon.
Tufts in 1943
Tufts, 1943
Sonny Tufts and his wife Barbara Dare, 1943