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Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
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6 May 1942 (USA) moreTagline:
She Had Him Put in a Full Day's Work ... At Night!Plot:
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 3 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
An early gem of a gender-bender moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Rosalind Russell | ... | A.M. MacGregor |
 | Fred MacMurray | ... | Tom Verney |
 | Macdonald Carey | ... | Jonathan Caldwell |
| Constance Moore | ... | Ethel Caldwell |
| Robert Benchley | ... | G.B. Atwater |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Fud Newton (as Charles E. Arnt) |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Uncle George |
| Kathleen Howard | ... | Aunt Minnie |
| Margaret Seddon | ... | Aunt Judy |
 | Dooley Wilson | ... | Moses |
| George Reed | ... | Sam French |
| Margaret Hayes | ... | Sally French |
| Sonny Boy Williams | ... | Micky Dowling |
| John Holland | ... | Ex-Secretary |
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92 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Certification:
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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 ever know.
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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.