A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
- Harper
- (scenes deleted)
- Youngster in Store
- (as Junior Coghlan)
- Impatient Man in Lois's Office
- (uncredited)
- New Secretary
- (uncredited)
- Fred's Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Mr. Orca
- (uncredited)
- Miss Smith, Receptionist
- (uncredited)
- Speakeasy Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Fred's Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Waiter at Fred's Party
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
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- TriviaWhen Lois is dictating a letter, she states the name, company, and street address of the addressee and then says the word "city". This was a quick way to avoid having to write the city and state in an address or return address. The recipient of the letter would know this meant that both sender and receiver were in the same city. On an envelope, the Post Office would know this meant the same city in which the letter was mailed. This practice became obsolete when Zip Codes were adopted in 1963 because "city" alone became insufficient information.
- GoofsAt about the 0.33 minute mark, after Kay Francis sits down, what appears to be the boom mic shadow passes over the wall behind her.
- Quotes
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman: You're Tommy's best friend, aren't you?
Andy Doyle: Sure.
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman: I'll humiliate him. I'll make him feel as cheap as he made me feel. I'll get revenge.
Andy Doyle: How?
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman: Oh, it's a marvelous idea. I'll marry you.
Andy Doyle: Huh? No, no, no, no, no, no, I couldn't do that. You see, I promised my poor old mother that I wouldn't get married till I was sixty-five.
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman: Ohh, I could make ya happy.
Andy Doyle: Oh, I don't doubt that, you see, but my family's against marriage.
Ruth 'Ruthie' Holman: What?
Andy Doyle: Oh sure, It's an old custom of ours. There hasn't been a marriage in my family for three generations.
- SoundtracksCan't We Talk It Over
(uncredited)
Music by Victor Young
Played on the piano when Lois and Freddie are at the restaurant
Here is another example of a wonderful pre-Code comedy from Warner Brothers which has slipped under the radar and is undeservedly obsolete. The casting, acting, script & production values are all first rate. The humor is grownup & intelligent, and does not treat its viewers like insensitive Neanderthals.
Scintillating & sly, Kay Francis is perfect in the role of a worldly woman with a wide-open marriage. Her frankness & grace in dealing with her husband's casual adulteries is most fetching - as well as making her character very human. As beautiful as she was talented, it is a shame that this lovely lady no longer receives the recognition she's due.
Matching her every step of the way, David Manners exudes gentle masculinity as her new office employee. Slowly falling in love, he must carefully control himself & not overstep the bounds of propriety. Mr. Manners gives another in a series of excellent performances. Quiet & unassuming, he could always be counted on for a solid contribution to any film. He left Hollywood for a more private life in 1936, never to return to movies, which probably accounts for his near anonymity today. (He died in 1998, at the age of 97.)
Giving very firm support are Una Merkel as Manners' fierce, funny little fiancée; and Andy Devine as his rough edged, good natured roommate.
Elizabeth Patterson makes the most of her small role as Miss Francis' original, somewhat eccentric, secretary; Edward Van Sloan (DRACULA's Van Helsing) has only a few moments as a store manager who knows what it takes to sell rowing machines to the ladies.
Although he's still listed in the credits, the scenes involving British character actor Robert Greig have been deleted. Pity...
- Ron Oliver
- Jul 17, 2002
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- A Dangerous Brunette
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1