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It Pays to Advertise *** (1931, Norman Foster, Carole Lombard, Skeets Gallagher, Eugene Pallette) – Classic Movie Review 12,616

Director Frank Tuttle’s engagingly entertaining 1931 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures black and white satirical comedy drama film It Pays to Advertise stars Norman Foster and Carole Lombard. Carole Lombard plays Mary Grayson, who teaches her […]

Aug, 20

It’s All Yours * (1937, Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer, Mischa Auer) – Classic Movie Review 11,965

Director Elliott Nugent’s 1937 Columbia Pictures black and white madcap comedy It’s All Yours stars Madeleine Carroll, Francis Lederer and Mischa Auer. A prized secretary (Madeleine Carroll) inherits a fortune from her millionaire boss that […]

Feb, 26

There Was a Young Lady ** (1953, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Sydney Tafler, Bill Owen, Geraldine McEwan) – Classic Movie Review 11,646

Director Lawrence Huntington’s 1952 British black and white film There Was a Young Lady stars Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray, along with Bill Owen, Sydney Tafler and Geraldine McEwan. Denison plays David Walsh, a gem […]

Oct, 12

Calm Yourself ** (1935, Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Ralph Morgan, Nat Pendleton, Hardie Albright) – Classic Movie Review 11,305

Director George B Seitz’s 1936 black and white film Calm Yourself stars Robert Young as a sacked advertising wiz called Preston ‘Pat’ Patton who starts the agency Confidential Services Inc and tries to find out […]

Jun, 14

My Dear Secretary ** (1948, Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Rudy Vallee, Helen Walker) – Classic Movie Review 11,261

Director Charles Martin’s 1948 black and white film My Dear Secretary is a romantic comedy in the marital vein with a bestselling romance novel author (Kirk Douglas) whose secretary-turned-wife (Laraine Day) writes a bestseller, much […]

Jun, 02

Bleak Moments **** (1971, Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan) – Classic Movie Review 11,225

Writer-director Mike Leigh’s promising, distinguished first film Bleak Moments (1971) is an often affecting, sometimes harrowing, occasionally funny slice of life in South London, where secretary Sylvia (Anne Raitt) ekes out a bleak and pointless […]

May, 20

Big Business Girl ** (1931, Loretta Young, Frank Albertson, Ricardo Cortez) – Classic Movie Review 10,268

Producer-director William A Seiter’s 1931 black and white romantic comedy Big Business Girl stars Loretta Young as Claire ‘Mac’ McIntyre, who succeeds in business while helping the swing band singing career of her boyfriend Johnny […]

Sep, 06

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