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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 255

My Dear Secretary

194894 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 94:22
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

An aspiring author accepts a secretarial job with the novelist she admires. Working beside him reveals debts, vanity and an inability to complete his next book. Her dream apprenticeship becomes a negotiation with a man whose daily conduct differs sharply from his literary reputation.

Cast

Laraine Day

Stephanie 'Steve' Gaylord

Kirk Douglas

Owen Waterbury

Keenan Wynn

Ronnie Hastings

Helen Walker

Elsie

DirectorsCharles Martin

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Laraine Day — Studio Publicity · Public domain
Kirk Douglas — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Keenan Wynn — MGM · Public domain
Helen Walker — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain

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