When a meek secretary goes to work for her new boss, she becomes a sophisticated lady.
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The people behind it
Laura La Plante
Betty
Ian Hunter
Johnathan Steele
Edward Chapman
Wormwood
Jane Carr
Sylvia
Clifford Heatherley
Sir Oswald Bottomley
John Batten
Geoffrey Steele
Monty Banks
Harry Blump, the Window Washer (uncredited)
Gibb McLaughlin
Thomas Stubbings (uncredited)
Florence Wood
Betty's Mother (uncredited)
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