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A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.A newly hired dumb secretary working for a bookie masquerading as a Realtor causes unintended hilarious troubles for her employer.
- Awards
- 1 win total
Eddie Acuff
- Bus Driver
- (uncredited)
George Boyce
- Prospective Home Buyer
- (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
- Father of Triplets
- (uncredited)
Wanda Cantlon
- Peggy's Maid
- (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
- Leo Hopkins
- (uncredited)
Michael Cisney
- Lawyer
- (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
- Construction Materials Contractor
- (uncredited)
Walter Craig
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
- Man in Courtroom
- (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
- Nightclub Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRita Hayworth was going to star in this movie, but Hayworth requested script revisions, and went on suspension to avoid making it.
- GoofsMr. Woodruff tells the students that they have 45 seconds to transcribe their shorthand notes. He sets the timer. This scene, which is shown in real time, takes 71 seconds from the time he says "go" to the time the timer goes off.
- Quotes
Hood: [answering the phone] It's Dick. Are you in?
Peggy Donato: I'm always in for Dick.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Lady with the Torch (1999)
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This is the only big-screen movie I have seen in which the Lucille Ball of "I Love Lucy" was clearly apparent. The movie was released only a few years before the TV series started. The TV series: Of course I love it. The movie: It's nicely done but warmed-over from numerous earlier films.
Ball is hired by bookie William Holden from a secretarial school. What's odd about that? Only this: She is far and away, and very obviously, the worst student there. She makes a mess of typing, gets tangled in the typewriter ribbon, etc., Just like Lucy. A little like Charlie Chaplin.
And she uses that high, bleating voice we came to know and love in her television show. She'd made comedies before this but she was always kind of tough, the way she came across in most of her more serious outings too.
This has a fine supporting cast. Seeing James Gleason is always a pleasure. Ditto Frank McHugh, looking a little prosperous here but playing his usual sort of role. And Janis Carter is hilariously mean as Holden's onetime romantic interest.
Holden holds up his part of the movie but seems distracted. He was fine in "Golden Boy" but didn't come into his own until "Sunset Boulevard," also a few years later.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with "Miss Grant Takes Richmond." Maybe it's good, too, that if one dozes off for a bit, one will be right there and know exactly what's going on. It's familiar stuff, nicely handled.
Ball is hired by bookie William Holden from a secretarial school. What's odd about that? Only this: She is far and away, and very obviously, the worst student there. She makes a mess of typing, gets tangled in the typewriter ribbon, etc., Just like Lucy. A little like Charlie Chaplin.
And she uses that high, bleating voice we came to know and love in her television show. She'd made comedies before this but she was always kind of tough, the way she came across in most of her more serious outings too.
This has a fine supporting cast. Seeing James Gleason is always a pleasure. Ditto Frank McHugh, looking a little prosperous here but playing his usual sort of role. And Janis Carter is hilariously mean as Holden's onetime romantic interest.
Holden holds up his part of the movie but seems distracted. He was fine in "Golden Boy" but didn't come into his own until "Sunset Boulevard," also a few years later.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with "Miss Grant Takes Richmond." Maybe it's good, too, that if one dozes off for a bit, one will be right there and know exactly what's going on. It's familiar stuff, nicely handled.
- Handlinghandel
- Aug 9, 2007
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949) officially released in India in English?
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