Government Girl 1943 Olivia de Havilland Agnes Moorehead Rare Comedy Movie
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Government Girl is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Dudley Nichols and starring Olivia de Havilland and Sonny Tufts. Based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, and written by Dudley Nichols and Budd Schulberg, the film is about a secretary working in a factory during World War II who helps her boss navigate the complex political machinations of government in an effort to build bomber aircraft for the war effort. While in pre-production, Government Girl went through numerous changes in casting and production personnel. Joseph Cotten was originally slated for the male lead, with Gladys George to play "Mrs. Wright." Both Barbara Stanwyck and Ginger Rogers turned down the role of Elizabeth, and Olivia de Havilland was cast. David Hempstead was initially scheduled to produce the film, but when he had to bow out because of scheduling conflicts, Dudley Nichols stepped in, in his first film where he was both director and producer. Sonny Tufts, borrowed from Paramount to star, was paired with Olivia de Havilland, who had run into studio politics at Warner Bros. on her last feature, Princess O'Rourke (1943) that had resulted in first, her suspension, and subsequent "assignment" by studio boss Jack L. Warner to producer David O. Selznick in return for Ingrid Bergman, whom Warner cast in Casablanca (1942). Selznick, in turn, loaned de Havilland to RKO. Considering her ongoing lawsuit against her studio was the reason for her being punished with her assignment to Government Girl, she was vociferous that she did not enjoy the experience. Later she won the cause and the DeHavilland law changed the way the studios dealt with its actors and contracts forever. Principal photography on Government Girl took place between mid-June to August 4, 1943, with retakes on August 11–18. Although the film was basically a studio production, second unit director Russell Metty filmed backgrounds in Washington, D.C.
My Dear Secretary (1948) KIRK DOUGLAS
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Stars: Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day, Keenan Wynn Writer/Director: Charles Martin A romance novelist recruits an aspiring writer as his latest of many secretaries. Watch for a young Irene Ryan - Granny from The Beverly Hillbillies!