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Polly Moran (1936-1937)

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Polly's disguise in SAILOR MAID
In the late 1920's, Polly Moran, a former Mack Sennett comedienne, had co-starred with Marie Dressler in a extremely popular series of shorts and features. After Dressler's death, Moran was offered the chance to appear in two-reelers at Columbia. Her solo efforts are mediocre at best, and never quite caught on with the public, resulting in two shorts for the department.

She would continue to work sporadically, including an appearance in the RKO "Newlyweds" short PRIZE MAID, until her death in 1952.

Both Polly Moran titles were syndicated by Screen Gems Television in 1959.



PLEASE NOTE: Available titles will be in ITALICS and UNDERLINED

If a title is not in ITALICS and UNDERLINED....I do not have it in my collection.





OH, DUCHESS!
(10/9/36) D: Charles Lamont. Vernon Dent, Mary Blake, Al Thompson, Jack Tiny Lipson, Symona Boniface, Bob McKenzie, Eva McKenzie, Polly is a fish peddler known to her customers as The Duchess; Vernon, the father of her daughters fiance, mistakes her for genuine royalty.

SAILOR MAID
(2/12/37) D: Charles Lamont. Frank Mills, Cy Schindell, Al Thompson Eddie Laughton, Ted Lorch, Blackie Whiteford. Immigrant Polly looks for an American husband so she wont be deported.


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