Beauty and the Boss

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Beauty and the Boss
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Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Written by Joseph Jackson
Based onA templom egere (A Church Mouse)
1927 play
by Ladislas Fodor
Starring Marian Marsh
David Manners
Warren William
Cinematography Barney McGill
Edited by James B. Morley
Music by W. Franke Harling
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Brothers
Release date
  • April 9, 1932 (1932-04-09)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Beauty and the Boss is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Marian Marsh, David Manners and Warren William. [1] It was based on the 1927 Hungarian play A templom egere by Ladislas Fodor about a secretary who eventually marries her boss. An English language adaptation of the play by Benn Levy, entitled A Church Mouse, opened in London in early May 1931. Another English language adaptation by Frederic and Fanny Hatton, also called A Church Mouse, opened in New York on October 12, 1931. [2]

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In 1934, Warner Brothers' British subsidiary remade the story at Teddington Studios as The Church Mouse .

The film's sets were designed by Anton Grot.

Plot

An executive hires a mousy, plain woman as his secretary so she will not distract him from his work, but she becomes determined to win his heart.

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