Take a Letter, Darling
May 06 1942
•2h 32m
•Comedy, Romance
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
Cast
See allRosalind Russell
A.M. MacGregor
Fred MacMurray
Tom Verney
Macdonald Carey
Jonathan Caldwell
Constance Moore
Ethel Caldwell
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