A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.
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Judy Canova
Robert Lowery
Nick Stokes, aka Poindexter March, III
Jil Jarmyn
Betty Greeb
Jacqueline deWit
Aunt Sarah Greeb
Richard Deacon
Glover Speckleton
Robert Burton
General Ballard
James Bell
Mr. Fetcher
Leon Tyler
Horace Speckleton
Tweeny Canova
Tweeny Greeb
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Speckleton
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