Take a Letter, Darling

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Take a Letter, Darling is a 1942 romantic comedy film starring Fred MacMurray as an artist-turned-secretary who falls for his ambitious female boss.

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instanceOf film
artDirectionBy Hans Dreier NERFINISHED
Roland Anderson NERFINISHED
basedInIndustry advertising industry
blackAndWhite true
characterOccupation A.M. MacGregor is an advertising executive NERFINISHED
Tom Verney becomes a secretary NERFINISHED
Tom Verney is an artist NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy John J. Mescall NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mitchell Leisen NERFINISHED
distributor Paramount Pictures
editedBy Doane Harrison NERFINISHED
genre comedy film
romance film
romantic comedy film
hasFemaleLead Rosalind Russell NERFINISHED
hasMaleLead Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED
hasTheme career versus love
gender role reversal
office romance
language English
mainCharacter A.M. MacGregor NERFINISHED
Tom Verney NERFINISHED
musicBy Victor Young NERFINISHED
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White NERFINISHED
Academy Award for Best Original Story NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
plotSummary An artist becomes the male secretary to an ambitious female advertising executive and they fall in love.
producer Mitchell Leisen NERFINISHED
productionCompany Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1942-04-30
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 92
screenwriter Claude Binyon NERFINISHED
setInPeriod contemporary to early 1940s
starring Charles Coburn NERFINISHED
Constance Moore NERFINISHED
Dooley Wilson NERFINISHED
Ernest Truex NERFINISHED
Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED
Helen Broderick NERFINISHED
Macdonald Carey NERFINISHED
Rosalind Russell NERFINISHED
storyBy George Beck NERFINISHED
title Take a Letter, Darling NERFINISHED
yearOfWork 1942

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