His Secretary | |
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Directed by | Hobart Henley |
Written by | Joseph Farnham (titles) Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring |
Story by | Frederica Sagor Maas (uncredited) Carey Wilson |
Starring | Norma Shearer Lew Cody |
Cinematography | Ben F. Reynolds |
Edited by | Frank Davis |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
His Secretary is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Norma Shearer and Lew Cody. [1]
As described in a film magazine review, [2] Ruth, a young woman who is in love with her employer but is ignored by him and all other men, learns the reason for her unpopularity while she is on a trip as her employer’s secretary. She overhears her boss saying he would not kiss her for a thousand dollars. After their return, and after a change in her character and outlook, her employer attempts to make love to her. She rejects him in a manner that piques him, and later he declares his love for her.
With no prints of His Secretary located in any film archives, [3] it is a lost film.
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