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"HE WAS A SUCKER FOR WOMEN-----AND SHE KNEW HER FISH!"

Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay.

Top Cast

  • Evalyn Knapp

    Evalyn Knapp

    Marion Hall

  • John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Dick Wallace

  • Reginald Barlow

    Reginald Barlow

    Mr. Wallace

  • Alec B. Francis

    Alec B. Francis

    Rev. Hall

  • Arthur Hoyt

    Arthur Hoyt

    Little

  • Natalie Kingston

    Natalie Kingston

    Polly

  • Patrick Cunning

    Patrick Cunning

    Van - Polly's Brother

  • Al St. John

    Al St. John

    Tom - Garage Owner

  • Hugh Kidder

    Hugh Kidder

    Jenkins - the Butler

Overview

Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay.

Rating

5.1 / 10
21 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jun 13, 2022

    This has quite a fun premiss to it. "Dick" (John Wayne) is a bit of a philanderer, the handsome but wastrel son of wealthy "Mr. Wallace" (Reginald Barlow). Uncharacteristically, the flighty young man alights on the respectable "Marion" (Evalyn Knapp), the grand-daughter of a small town preacher he meets at a petrol station and a whirlwind romance ensues. "Dad" is having none of this, and so it falls to the young girl to convince him she is not just after the family's money. On a visit to his building to demonstrate that his assumptions are wrong, she barges into his office. He likes her forthrightness and hires her as his secretary where she gradually makes herself indispensable ("Wallace" still has no idea she is his son's new wife!) What's going to happen when he finds out...? The production is basic, as is the writing, but it's still quite a tightly cut, light-hearted, little story with just about enough charm to keep it going for an hour.

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