Beauty and the Boss

1932 film

  • April 9, 1932 (1932-04-09)
Running time
66 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Beauty and the Boss is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Marian Marsh, David Manners and Warren William.[1] It was based on a 1928 Hungarian play by Ladislas Fodor about a secretary who eventually marries her boss. An English language adaptation of the play by Benn Levy, entitled A Church Mouse, opened in London in early May 1931. Another English language adaptation by Frederic and Fanny Hatton, also called A Church Mouse, opened in New York on October 12, 1931.[citation needed]

In 1934, Warner Brothers' British subsidiary remade the story at Teddington Studios as The Church Mouse.

The film's sets were designed by Anton Grot.

Plot

An executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not divert him from his work, but she still becomes determined to win his heart.

Cast

  • Marian Marsh as Susie Sachs
  • David Manners as Baron Paul von Ullrich
  • Warren William as Baron Josef von Ullrich
  • Charles Butterworth as Ludwig Pfeffer Jr.
  • Frederick Kerr as Count Von Tolheim
  • Mary Doran as Olive 'Ollie' Frey
  • Robert Greig as Chappel
  • Lilian Bond as Girl at Bar
  • Yola d'Avril as Girl in Bath Tub
  • Harry Holman as Hotel Manager
  • Olaf Hytten as Business Associate
  • Barbara Leonard as Girl With Dog
  • Polly Walters as Ludwig's Girl
  • Leo White as Man in Elevator

References

  1. ^ Dick p.107

Bibliography

  • Dick, Bernard F. The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row: Harry Cohn of Columbia Pictures. University Press of Kentucky.
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