FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

coffeemeetup It's hard to miss with a script this witty and a cast including Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day, Keenan Wynn, Irene Ryan and other familiar faces in this high camp screwball comedy from 1949.The story takes a back seat to the bitingly funny dialogue through most of the film, including this artful exchange between Mrs. Reese the Landlady, Felicia the gold digging Veronica Lake lookalike and Ronnie Hastings, Kirk Douglas's freeloading neighbor. They're discussing a movie to be based on Mr. Waterbury's (Kirk Douglas) new novel, and the possibility of Felicia starring in it.Mrs. Reese: What's the heroine like?Ronnie: It's a girl from the South.Felicia: Why ah'm from the South! Mrs. Reese: How perfectly coincidental! Ronnie: She's trying to hook a rich man, she's insincere, and a moron. (to Felicia) Well what's worrying you? Felicia: Well I'm not so worried about being insincere, but as for being a moron...Ronnie: Now, don't worry about that.Mrs. Reese: You could act like a moron, couldn't you, dear? Felicia:I could trah. Oh! I'm going to dramatic school. Maybe they can teach me to be a moron!

cyoder-1 This was much funnier than I expected it to be. I had never heard of it, but it was included in a collection of "Comedy Classics" bought cheap at a dollar store. Most of the movies were dreadful, but this was one the a few that were good.One doesn't usually think of Kirk Douglas as funny but he is in this. Irene Ryan is, also, and her character bears little resemblance to Granny. Perhaps the funniest in the cast is Keenan Wynn, who delivers some of the best lines in the movie with great flair. Some of the minor characters also very enjoyable.The writing is also very clever and witty. Great lines abound all around.

bkoganbing My Dear Secretary proved one thing in the career of Kirk Douglas, comedy was not his strength.Kirk Douglas has made a career of playing dramatic and egotistical heels, but in this case the director didn't keep him under control. I could not believe that Owen Waterbury could have anyone other than himself fall in love with him.Plot such as it is has Laraine Day as a student becoming enthralled with writer Kirk Douglas's lecture at her night school and then going to work as his secretary. She's a budding writer also and I think you can see where the rest of this film is going.There are some nice performances from some of the supporting players. One has to single out Keenan Wynn as Douglas's neighbor and partaker in merriment. If My Dear Secretary was done today, Wynn's character would be openly gay instead of it just being hinted at. As it is, he camps it up to beat all the Boys in the Band.

Ishallwearpurple One of my favorite comedies because of the character actors. Keenan Wynns very best droll efforts as the songwriting best friend and neighbor of Kirk Douglas; Florence Bates, a busybody as the owner of the apartment building where they live; Irene Ryan, the building maid who sings "Sniff, sniff where's your handkerchief; kerchoo, kerchoo, gazundheidt to you; Let yourself go and blow; Oh, let youself go and blow" Wynns latest song; Helen Walker, one of Kirks secretaries; Rudy Vallee, as Day's former boss; and Alan Mowbray as the dense detective Kirk hires to watch Day.As in all screwball comedies, the story is just a framework for the characters to do and say their funny business. And they don't dissapoint. Douglas is a writer who has had a successful first novel and goes to a college to give a class and meets Day who is there as a student, and he hires her as his new secretary. When she arrives the next day, after quitting as Vallee's secretary, Walker goes up in the elevator with her to retrieve her belongings because she has just quit as the last secretary. It gets crazier as Wynn answers the door and receives a slap from the mother of one of the girls Kirk has just interviewed, which he immediately passes on to Kirk. Wynn spends most of his time at Kirks trying recipes which he is hilarious preparing, but no one ever dreams of eating.More complications and silly goings on but it is all fun and is still one of my favorite videos, which I just watched again today. My rating: 8/10.