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Aug 2022
28 m

A Star Was Born: Part One

Sass Mouth Dames
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In 1931, Warner Bros. star Cleo Longe tops the box office in pictures where she gets away with it: no strings sex or sending men to the morgue. One night at a party, she meets Richard Tulliver, a new contract player who is cast as the juvenile in her next production. Cleo coaches him through the part and suggests a new name for his screen billing. A Star Was ... Show More
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