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Dave Wilton

21 Feb 2024 • 3 min read
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Movie poster for 1947’s The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. Image Shirley Temple embracing a confused Cary Grant.
1947 movie poster for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

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