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She Married Her Boss

She Married Her Boss

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She Married Her Boss

"The Surprise Success to "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" !"

1935

1h 25m

7.3(3 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.

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Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert

Julia Scott

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas

Richard Barclay

Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn

Franklin

Michael Bartlett

Michael Bartlett

Leonard 'Lennie' Rogers

Jean Dixon

Jean Dixon

Martha Pryor

Katharine Alexander

Katharine Alexander

Gertrude Barclay

Edith Fellows

Edith Fellows

Annabel Barclay

Clara Kimball Young

Clara Kimball Young

Parsons

Grace Hayle

Grace Hayle

Agnes Mayo (as Grace Hale)

Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt

Victor Jessup

Creative team

Directed by: Gregory La Cava
Written by: Sidney Buchman
Thyra Samter Winslow

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