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Take a Letter, Darling(1942)
Status: Released
Date: 1942-05-06
64%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
She Had Him Put in a Full Day's Work ... At Night!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: Take a Letter, Darling
Top 10 Billed 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
Cecil Kellaway
Uncle George
Kathleen Howard
Aunt Minnie
Margaret Seddon
Aunt Judy
Dooley Wilson
Moses
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1942-05-06
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6.417
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She Had Him Put in a Full Day's Work ... At Night!
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