SPARKLING COMEDY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 137, 11 June 1937, Page 10

SPARKLING COMEDY

I “MORE THAN A SECRETARY? Continuing in the gloried tradition of "It Happened One Night,” "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” and “Theodora Goes Wild," the Columbia Studios’ ifilm, “.More Than a Secretary,” to be [.shown at ihe Majestic Theatre next [Saturday, .sparkles with rich comedy, ilts principals. Jean Arthur and George • Brent, are cast with exceptionally strong supporting players, including ;Lionel Stander. Ruth Donnelly, Dorothea Kent, and Reginald Denny. The J story of the picture concerns an inhibited and school-girlish spinster running a secretarial school. On ihe other side there is Brent, editor of a health magazine, heartily jovial, and of the type which performs calisthenics every morning. The spinster becomes the editor’s secretary, doubles the circulation of the magazine, and is fired by the irate editor for various misdemeanours. Circulation considerations, however, compel him to bring lher back to the office, and the comedy I becomes faster and funnier and ex■ceptionally amusing as the story de.'velops. The dialogue is brilliant and (witty, and the spice of sentiment makes the film outstanding in all re'spects.