His Private Secretary

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.

Cast

Evalyn Knapp

as Marion Hall

John Wayne

as Dick Wallace

Reginald Barlow

as Mr. Wallace

Alec B. Francis

as Rev. Hall

Arthur Hoyt

as Little

Natalie Kingston

as Polly

Patrick Cunning

as Van - Polly's Brother

Al St. John

as Tom - Garage Owner

Hugh Kidder

as Jenkins - the Butler

Mickey Rentschler

as Joe Boyd

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 m...

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