Operator 13

Operator 13 is a 1934 American <a href="/facts/Pre-Code_Hollywood/ABrQVqR8">pre-Code</a> <a href="/facts/Romance_film/zRFcp8nS">romance film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Richard_Boleslawski/NYT5MN1m">Richard Boleslawski</a> and starring <a href="/facts/Marion_Davies/BzfG84hz">Marion Davies</a>, <a href="/facts/Gary_Cooper/R6hQQJgI">Gary Cooper</a>, and <a href="/facts/Jean_Parker/2Mg8E8Kv">Jean Parker</a>.
Based on stories written by <a href="/facts/Robert_W._Chambers/7MaD3cCT">Robert W. Chambers</a>, the film is about a Union spy who impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer. <a href="/facts/George_Folsey_(cinematographer)/3JEw6s48">George J. Folsey</a> received an Academy Award nomination for <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography/yTAnBljh">Best Cinematography</a>.
The film features the <a href="/facts/Mills_Brothers/pj1eJA2X">Four Mills Brothers</a> and Davies performing musical numbers and the supporting cast includes <a href="/facts/Ted_Healy/wgsYprEc">Ted Healy</a>, <a href="/facts/Douglas_Dumbrille/MVVLDcQb">Douglas Dumbrille</a> as <a href="/facts/Jeb_Stuart/mN15wsaa">Jeb Stuart</a>, <a href="/facts/Sidney_Toler/aoprbnS6">Sidney Toler</a> as <a href="/facts/Allan_Pinkerton/FB3cEoCa">Allan Pinkerton</a>, <a href="/facts/Fuzzy_Knight/gF81xX7s">Fuzzy Knight</a>, and an uncredited <a href="/facts/Sterling_Holloway/HNhwJMFb">Sterling Holloway</a> as a wounded Union soldier.

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Operator 13