Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
In this drawing room drama, an impetuous heiress goes on a cruise and ends up marrying a Latin gigolo on a whim. Her father then dies, and as soon as her devoted husband discovers that the old man died destitute, he takes off. Now the girl must work; she gets a job as her father's best friend's wife's social secretary. The former socialite finds herself tormented by her boss's rotten daughter. Even so, when the mean young woman finds herself involved in a murder, it is the ex-socialite who tries to help her cover up the crime. Later the heroine's conniving ex-husband tries to blackmail her boss with the information. Trouble ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Abbott
Synopsis of Secrets of a Secretary
In this drawing room drama, an impetuous heiress goes on a cruise and ends up marrying a Latin gigolo on a whim. Her father then dies, and as soon as her devoted husband discovers that the old man died destitute, he takes off. Now the girl must work; she gets a job as her father's best friend's wife's social secretary. The former socialite finds herself tormented by her boss's rotten daughter. Even so, when the mean young woman finds herself involved in a murder, it is the ex-socialite who tries to help her cover up the crime. Later the heroine's conniving ex-husband tries to blackmail her boss with the information. Trouble ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Secrets of a Secretary
- Claudette Colbert - Helen Blake
- George Metaxa - Frank D'Agnoli
- Mary Boland - Mrs. Merritt
- Betty Garde - Dorothy White
- Joseph Crehan - Reporter
- Charles Wilson - Police Captain
- Edward Keane - Albany hotel manager
- Herbert Marshall - Lord Danforth
- Betty Lawford - Sylvia Merritt
- Berton Churchill - Mr. Merritt
- Hugh O'Connell - Charlie Rickenbacker
- Porter Hall - Drunk
- Averill Harris - Don Marlow
- Millard Mitchell - Drunk
- Director(s):
- George Abbott
- Writer(s):
- Dwight Taylor, George Abbott
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