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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Alpha Video
EAN: 0089218475596
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 62831
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 01, 1953
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Platform: DVD MOVIE Publisher: ALPHA VIDEO Packaging: DVD STYLE BOX Ann Sothern is Susie private secretary to talent agent Peter Sands (Don Porter) in this delightful series of comic adventures that ran on TV Sunday nights from 1953 to 1957. Susie with long-suffering receptionist Vi Praskins (Ann Tyrrell) keeps the office of International Artists humming in the world of insecure actors snobby writers and big-shot producers while continuing to prove that the employees are often smarter than their employer! "Private Secretary" (AKA "Susie") was nominated for five Emmy Awards and continues to enchant all who come under Susie's lively secretarial spell.What Every Secretary Knows: Peter desperately wants to make a deal for two of his rising singing stars with an opera impresario. Susie and the maestro's wife plot to get the two bigheaded big shots together. How To Handle a Boss: Susie busts her writer's block when she asks a reporter friend to "ghost write" an article for her in a magazine. The result lands her in hot water with everybody in the office! Not Quite Paradise: Vi's Aunt Martha gets the crazy idea that her niece and Peter are engaged to be married - and that Susie is the competition that must be eliminated! Three's A Crowd: Susie finds herself in the role of "leading lady" in a love triangle with a new eager-to-please playwright and a slick Broadway producer.Starring: Ann Sothern Don Porter & Ann TyrrellProduced by: Jack ChertokDirected by: Oscar Rudolph DVD Details: Run Time: 104 minutesNumber of Discs: 1Originally Released in 1953Black & WhiteNo region encoding; For global distribution.
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The film is clear and just like I remembered. Acting? Just like the 50's
Miss Southern was great as she was in the movies and if you like Miss Southern you will not go wrong with buying the gem.
John Ga, usa
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In this 50's TV comedy series, the private secretary to talent agent Peter Sands (Don Porter), Susan Camille MacNamara (Ann Sothern) goes out of her way to help her boss in the most convoluted schemes. Some how she always puts her foot in it; yet in the end everything turns out fine.
Either a victim of old age or bad memory (possible the world has changed); I found this series to be straining for laughs.
The DVD volume one contains:
"What Every Secretary Knows"
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Those of us who remember Ann Sothern's terrific performances in "Private Secretary" (later dubbed "Susie" in syndication) back in the 50s, and the stylish, glamorous New York celebrity life that was implied (though rarely directly shown) in the series can only be grateful that a handful of these classic TV comedies have been released on DVD. Watching them is pure delight, and not just for nostalgic purposes. The writing and acting are funny and sharp and the series -- despite its dated perspective ... Read More
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ANN SOTHERN WAS ONE OF 'THE GREATS'...A TYPE of GIFT THAT HOLLYWODD HAS FORGOTTON HOW TO GRACE THE WORLD WITH. ANN (BORN HARRIET LAKE) WAS A REAL TALENT:COMIC GENIOUS,GLAM-QUEEN... WHEN 'GLAM' WAS ABOVE and FAR BEYOND THE STARVED - WAIF STATE IT HAS PLUMMETTED TO. ANN WAS A CLASS-ACT. SHE STARRED IN THE DELIGHTFUL 'MAISIE' FILM SERIES and LATER BROUGHT MAISIE TO RADIO. SHE WAS A MAJOR STAR FOR FOUR DECADES. SHE WAS JERRY VAN DYKE'S MOTHER-TURNED-1928-PORTER's VOICE IN 1960's SITCOM 'MY MOTHER THE CAR'....FUNNY,GLAMOUROUS,SMART,GORGEOUS ... Read More
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When Ann Sothern's Hollywood career started to stall, the lovely star focused her attention on television. She appeared in several shows as well as a lavish TV production of Kurt Weill's LADY IN THE DARK, and THE ANN SOTHERN SHOW. She also played the nosey Susie Camille MacNamara in the wonderful sitcom PRIVATE SECRETARY...
The sitcom PRIVATE SECRETARY featured Ann Sothern as Susie, the secretary to New York talent mogul Peter Sands (Don Porter). However, Susie often gets confused as to the limitations of her job and gets ... Read More
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