
Funny Face(1957)
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.


“It's a Rumpus on the Campus!”
A photographer is murdered just outside a college dance. The body is found by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it's being whisked from one point to another on campus by an ex-con night watchman. However, he isn't the killer, and Freddie, Dodie, Betty and Lee set out to find the culprit who put a big damper on their big event.

Freddie Stewart
Freddie Trimball

June Preisser
Dodie Rogers

Noel Neill
Betty Rogers

Warren Mills
Lee Watson

Donald MacBride
Insp. Watson

Monte Collins
Dean McKinley
Stan Ross
Richard Winkler

Bobby Sherwood
Bobby Davis
Mildred Jorman
Little Miss Cornshucks
Geri Galian
Piano Player
Campus Sleuth is a music, mystery, comedy film released in 1948 exploring themes of dance, photographer, campus, magazine, watchman. Directed by Will Jason, it stars Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill. A photographer is murdered just outside a college dance. The body is found by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it's being whisked from one point to another on campus by an ex-con night watchman. However, he isn't the killer, and Freddie, Dodie, Betty and Lee set out to find the culprit who put a big damper on their big event.
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