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Book Review of The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan

The Puzzle of the Happy Hooligan
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A vintage 1941 mystery starring Hildegarde Withers. The screenwriting team of Staffor and Dobie have played so many practical jokes at Mammoth Productions that everyone fromthe buxom receptionist to the big-name producer feels like breaking their necks. Minutes after Hildegarde arrives on the set as a technical advisor for a film about Lizzie Borden, some murders Stafford. Plt moves from Hollywood and Vine to the Brown Derby. Original ending.