Secrets of a Secretary (1931)
Want to see Claudette Colbert as a blonde? You’ll have to see the beginning of Secrets of a Secretary; in the beginning she’s at a costume party with a platinum wig on. She’s also wearing a gorgeous black dress that shows off her lovely figure – ah, the pre-Code days. Everyone goes to costume parties, and everyone gets to show cleavage. It’s no wonder she played Cleopatra!
In case you’re curious of the plot of this movie, it’s a riches-to-rags story. Claudette starts on top of the world, but then when her father dies, she learns she’s inherited nothing more than a string of debts. The toast of society is forced to get a job – a humiliating prospect in that time period. She works as a social secretary to a frivolous woman, Mary Boland. Her husband Georges Metaxa also works, but it’s hardly reputable. He’s a gigolo at a nightclub. Mary’s daughter is engaged to dapper gentleman Herbert Marshall, but Herbie’s eye wanders over to the secretary. It’s not the most admirable quality, but we’ll forgive him because she’s Cleopatra with a notepad and pencil.
This is a typical early ’30s flick: problems we can’t relate to anymore, lots of glitz and glamour, some melodrama thrown in, and acting styles we don’t value nowadays. But if you like the cast you can check it out.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose for posting!
More Herbert Marshall movies here!
In case you’re curious of the plot of this movie, it’s a riches-to-rags story. Claudette starts on top of the world, but then when her father dies, she learns she’s inherited nothing more than a string of debts. The toast of society is forced to get a job – a humiliating prospect in that time period. She works as a social secretary to a frivolous woman, Mary Boland. Her husband Georges Metaxa also works, but it’s hardly reputable. He’s a gigolo at a nightclub. Mary’s daughter is engaged to dapper gentleman Herbert Marshall, but Herbie’s eye wanders over to the secretary. It’s not the most admirable quality, but we’ll forgive him because she’s Cleopatra with a notepad and pencil.
This is a typical early ’30s flick: problems we can’t relate to anymore, lots of glitz and glamour, some melodrama thrown in, and acting styles we don’t value nowadays. But if you like the cast you can check it out.
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose for posting!
More Herbert Marshall movies here!