A plain secretary works for a womanizing divorce lawyer who only dates married women. To avoid having to deal with the matrimonial pursuits of any of his potential romances, he offers her financial support if she marries him in name only.

Is it worth a watch? If you like seeing 1930s ladies in incredible dresses telling men where to go, then yes. If you can't stand the crackly audio and slow pacing of early 'talkies,' you will probably be bored to tears. The movie starts in a dusty law office. Sylvia, played by Constance Bennett, is the 'plain' secreta...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Paul L. Stein

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"Is it worth a watch? If you like seeing 1930s ladies in incredible dresses telling men where to go, then yes. If you can't stand the crackly audio and slow pacing of early 'talkies,' you will probably be bored to tears. The movie starts in a dusty law office. Sylvia, played by Constance Bennett, is the 'plain' secretary. In movie language, 'plain' just means she wears a lumpy sweater and doesn't do her hair. It is the oldest trick in the book and it's still kind of funny to see it in a movie ..."
Horace Jackson, Robert Milton, Dorothy Cairns
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