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2 unusual facts about Lee Tracy


Button Gwinnett

The 1932 film Washington Merry-Go-Round stars actor Lee Tracy as Button Gwinnett Brown, a (fictitious) modern-day Congressman and descendant of Button Gwinnett.

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In his autobiography, Charles G. Clarke, the cinematographer on the picture, said that he was standing outside the hotel during the parade and the incident never happened.


Louder, Please

The original production was directed by George Abbott and starred Lee Tracy; it was successful enough for Krasna to be hired as a writer for Columbia Pictures.

The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

The script was based on the play Tinsel Girl by Maurine Dallas Watkins, and stars Ann Dvorak and Lee Tracy.


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