His Private Secretary

His Private Secretary

10/6/1933 1h 0m 4.9/10

Overview

Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay.

Director

Jack Natteford

Top Billed Cast

John Wayne

John Wayne

Dick Wallace

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Little

Evalyn Knapp

Evalyn Knapp

Marion Hall

Alec B. Francis

Alec B. Francis

Rev. Hall

Reginald Barlow

Reginald Barlow

Mr. Wallace

Natalie Kingston

Natalie Kingston

Polly

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/13/2022

6/10

This has quite a fun premiss to it. "Dick" (John Wayne) is a bit of a philanderer, the handsome but wastrel son of wealthy "Mr. Wallace" (Reginald Barlow). Uncharacteristically, the flighty young man alights on the respectable "Marion" (Evalyn Knapp), the grand-daughter of a small town preacher he meets at a petrol station and a whirlwind romance ensues. "Dad" is having none of this, and so it falls to the young girl to convince him she is not just after the family's money. On a visit to his building to demonstrate that his assumptions are wrong, she barges into his office. He likes her forthrightness and hires her as his secretary where she gradually makes herself indispensable ("Wallace" still has no idea she is his son's new wife!) What's going to happen when he finds out...? The production is basic, as is the writing, but it's still quite a tightly cut, light-hearted, little story with just about enough charm to keep it going for an hour.

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