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The Great Library Misery
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The Great Library Misery
•1938
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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1938-09-10
Languageen
Runtime12m
Production

The Vitaphone Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures

6.7(3)
•1938•12m

The Great Library Misery

Comedy

Overview

A man desiring to join the Grouch Club describes the terrible experience of trying to check out a book from a public library.

Director
Lloyd French
Cinematography
Ray Foster

Principal Cast

4 credited
Arthur Q. Bryan
Arthur Q. BryanMr. F.T. Smith
NE
Nancy EvansLibrarian
DP
Detmar PoppenLibrary Manager
JL
Jack LescoulieGrouchmaster (as Jack Lescoulie Jr.)

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