Take a Letter, Darling (1942)

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A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.

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Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

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27 April 1999 | Cincy
9
| An early gem of a gender-bender
I've never seen MacMurrary of Russell give more nuanced performances than in this screwball comedy about a successful woman executive who hires a male secretary to appear conventional on social outings. What is completely surprising is the outcome isn't one that consigns either character to a rigid, gender-defined role. Sly wit and great performances throughout, albeit marred by unfortunate racial stereotypes of the time.

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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

Quotes

Tom Verney: You're a beautiful brain and beautiful clothes. No temperature, no pulse. That's all.
A.M. MacGregor: Where did you learn about women, Verney?
Tom Verney: It isn't a matter of learning. It's instinct.
A.M. MacGregor: I'm a brain with no pulse, eh? I'm a woman, Verney, more woman than you'll ...

Crazy Credits

The opening credits are shown as a series of pen-and-ink storyboards, on which the director (presumably Mitchell Leisen, although only his hands are seen) writes "OK" and his signature on each.

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Genres

Comedy

Details

Release Date:

6 May 1942

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

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