HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY (1933) Evelyn Knapp, John Wayne & Reginald Barlow | Comedy, Romance | B&W

His Private Secretary is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Phil Whitman and starring Evalyn Knapp and John Wayne. It is an early Wayne non-Western film appearance, made when he was 26 years old.

SYNOPSIS
Dick Wallace secretly marries a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who thinks she is a gold digger, is opposed. She takes a job with the company under her maiden name to prove she's okay.

Dick Wallace (Wayne) has to prove to the preacher's daughter, his own father, his old friends, and himself that he is not just an irresponsible playboy. His new love Marion does a good job of convincing them. The question is whether or not it is true.

CAST & CREW
Evalyn Knapp as Marion Hall
John Wayne as Dick Wallace
Reginald Barlow as Mr. Wallace
Alec B. Francis as Rev. Hall
Arthur Hoyt as Little
Natalie Kingston as Polly
Patrick Cunning as Van, Polly's Brother
Al St. John as Garage Owner Tom
Hugh Kidder as Jenkins, the Butler
Mickey Rentschler as Joe Boyd

Directed by Phil Whitman
Written by Lewis D. Collins, Jack Natteford
Produced by Al Alt, D.J. Mountan
Cinematography Abe Scholtz
Edited by Bobby Ray
Release date June 10, 1933
Running time 60 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $9,000
Box office $95,000

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