His Private Secretary
HE WAS A SUCKER FOR WOMEN-----AND SHE KNEW HER FISH!
1933 | 60m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Phil Whitman |
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| Writer: | Jack Natteford, Lewis D. Collins, Sam Katzman |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 10, 1933 |
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| Director: | Phil Whitman |
| Writer: | Jack Natteford, Lewis D. Collins, Sam Katzman |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | office, gold digger |
| Production Companies | Showmen's Pictures, Screencraft Productions, Colam Pictures Co. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Evalyn Knapp | Marion Hall |
| John Wayne | Dick Wallace |
| Reginald Barlow | Mr. Wallace |
| Alec B. Francis | Rev. Hall |
| Arthur Hoyt | Little |
| Natalie Kingston | Polly |
| Patrick Cunning | Van - Polly's Brother |
| Al St. John | Tom - Garage Owner |
| Hugh Kidder | Jenkins - the Butler |
| Mickey Rentschler | Joe Boyd |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Phil Whitman | Director |
| Jack Natteford | Adaptation, Continuity |
| Lewis D. Collins | Story |
| Sam Katzman | Production Manager, Writer |
| Bobby Ray | Editor |
| Abe Scholtz | Director of Photography |
| Oscar Lagerstrom | Sound Recordist |
| Fred Preble | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Katzman | Executive Producer |
| D.J. Mountan | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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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 m ... eets 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.