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Direct rip off of 'Oh, Mr. Porter' 1937


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Actually the play on which this film was based was written in 1923, not to mention the fact that it had already been filmed in 1927 and in 1931. So Oh, Mr. Porter!, although it is undoubtedly one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, is actually a rip-off of this -- and with the same screenwriters as wel...

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Has similarities, but no, it's not a "rip off"

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