My Dear Secretary (1948)
- Starring:
- Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Martin
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of My Dear Secretary
Produced by comedy specialist Harry M. Popkin and his brother Leo Popkin, My Dear Secretary stars Kirk Douglas as Owen Waterbury, a best-selling novelist with an eye for the ladies. When aspiring writer Stephanie Gaylord (Laraine Day) signs on as his secretary, Waterbury assumes that he's lined up another sexual conquest. But Stephanie is not so easily won over, and the rest of the film finds Waterbury striving to come up to her standards. Whenever the film's pace lags, one can count on the farcical expertise of Keenan Wynn, borrowed from MGM to play Douglas' sardonic confidante, to save the day. Along with Strange Love of Martha Ivers, My Dear Secretary is one of the most accessible of Kirk Douglas' early films thanks to its public-domain status. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 94 mins
Complete Cast of My Dear Secretary
- Laraine Day - Stephanie Gaylord
- Helen Walker - Elsie
- Rudy Vallee - Charles Harris
- Alan Mowbray - Deveny
- Irene Ryan - Mary
- Virginia Hewitt - Felicia
- Jo Gilbert - Hilda Sneebacher
- Joe Kirk - Process Server
- Gertrude Astor - Miss Gee
- Stanley Andrews
- Kirk Douglas - Owen Waterbury
- Keenan Wynn - Ronnie Hastings
- Florence Bates - Mrs. Reeves
- Grady Sutton - Scott
- Gale Robbins - Dawn O'Malley
- Abe Reynolds - Taxi Driver
- Helene Stanley - Miss Pidgeon
- Russell Hicks - Publisher
- Marten Lamont - Male Secretary
- Charles Halton - Teacher
- Director(s):
- Charles Martin
- Writer(s):
- Charles Martin
- Producer(s):
- Leo C. Popkin
- Categories:
- Comedy
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