ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . (adjusted for inflation) yells at least 17 times. No, this is NOT a review for the latest season of THE APPRENTICE, but of a prophetic 1933 John Wayne flick in which "The Duke" marries himself (the logical next step after Gay Marriage) and his character's dad impersonates our U.S. President-Elect, The Trumpster. In one telling incident from HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY, Trumpenstein clone "Mr. Wallace" tells the title character to short-change his lawyers by 90% on their bill since they lost the case. The only New Yorker Today brassy enough to not only gyp most if not all of his building contractors and most if not all of his hourly employees (right down to his lowliest dishwasher) is that paragon of "New York Values," Donald J. Trump. And the first thing Trump stand-in Wallace Senior says to his secretly-honeymooning\moonlighting as his "private secretary" daughter-in-law is, "Take off your things," as if he's President T. auditioning for Known Wife Number Four. If Marion Mitchell Morrison (Il Duce) can marry "Marion Hall," why NOT toss a hint of incest into the stew, too?

Steven Torrey I found the movie charming. (I missed the opening credits and did not realize John Wayne at age 26 was the lead male star. As the film progressed, I thought--'that sounds like John Wayne' though he barely looked like the John Wayne we all recognize... And sure enough...) It wasn't an oh so terrible movie; it was well paced, fairly coherent and sensible and believable in that 1933 believable way. John Wayne (as Dick Wallace)is something of a carouser and occasional drunk whose banker father--Reginald Barlow as Mr. Wallace--despairs of his son doing anything respectable.Dick Wallace is sent by his father to Somerville to collect a debt from the local preacher, whose daughter--Evelyn Knapp as Marion Hall--he met on the way at a local gas station, only to fall for the daughter....Long story short...boy meets girl, boy greets girl, boy seats girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl.... (Like you never heard that before...) But despite the storyline as old as the hills, the movie had charm and was well worth the look see.And the YouTube video was more than passable.

kidboots Before John Wayne found his true genre calling he played a variety of college boys, bored young men about town etc - all like a fish out of water. Just before he began his famous Lone Star series that really put him on the map, he played Dick Wallace, an idle rich kid going to the dogs whose father (Reginald Barlow, who was more at home playing butlers and servants) puts him to work in his office in "His Private Secretary".In exasperation, he sends Dick to Somerville to recover a debt (a round trip of 200 miles) hoping to keep him out of temptation's way but resourceful Dick is able to mix business with pleasure when he gives pretty Marion Hall (Evalyn Knapp) a lift to her grandfathers after telling her the bus has broken down. Unfortunately, it is the grandfather, the Rev. Hall (Alec B. Francis) who he is chasing for a bad debt - the Rev. has given the money that he owes to feed the sick and needy. This is a really nice little movie - of course Dick waives the debt which has the old man fuming and giving him the sack but Dick has already decided to stay in the sleepy little town and trades his up to the minute roadster in exchange for the town's only garage, knowing he will have to meet up with Marian sometime. I know it sounds silly but it is a fun rainy day type of movie.Back in the city and now married, Dick and Marian run into opposition from Dick's dad who thinks she has only married Dick for his money. He has never met her of course but when Marian goes to the office to have it out with him, she comes out with a job - as his private secretary!!!Evalyn Knapp started out as a dewy eyed blonde but when she did have the lead in a talked about picture, "Sinner's Holiday", the only stars talked about were the supporting cast (James Cagney and Joan Blondell). So it was soon on to programmers and by 1933 she looked efficient enough to have the leads in poverty rowers "Air Hostess" and "His Private Secretary".

Snow Leopard This would be worth watching if for no other reason than to watch John Wayne in a romantic comedy, and it's a decent movie in its own right. While its not as funny or as moving as the best films of this type, the story is good and is usually at least mildly amusing.Wayne plays the carefree son of a rich man. His Father disapproves of him and his lifestyle, and after giving him one last chance, rejects him and the woman he has married (Evalyn Knapp). His wife decides to take matters into her own hands, with a creative scheme intended to bring the cold-hearted father to his senses. It's a fairly interesting scenario, and most of the possibilities are realized. The acting is generally good, and Wayne does well in a role much different from those he would later become famous for.Wayne's fans should enjoy seeing how he performs in this atypical role, and fans of old-fashioned romantic comedies should also find this worth a look.