Academy Awards, USA 1943
| Nominated Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White John J. Mescall |
| Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White Hans Dreier Roland Anderson Sam Comer | |
| Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Victor Young |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
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A struggling painter takes a job as the "secretary" of a successful female ad executive. His main duty consists of accompanying her on dinner dates and posing as her fiance so she doesn't upset the wives of her male clients. He begrudgingly goes along with her schemes because he needs the money. Inexplicably they fall in love along the way. He tries to win her over with jealousy, flirting with the sister of one of their new clients. The plan backfires and she gets engaged to the client instead, setting in motion their inevitable reconciliation. Predictable romantic comedy from the team of Rosalind Russell and Fred MacMurray that tries to show a liberated woman in a position of power, but can't escape the sexism that pervaded the early 1940s.
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