A Secretary Is Not A Toy

From the 1967 film version of Frank Loesser's How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The boss, mr J.B. Biggley (Rudy Vallee) hires his mistress Hedy LaRue (Maureen Arthur) as a secretary. She gets so much attention that personnel manager mr Bratt (John Myers) has to remind about the policy on flirting...

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[classicphile]

I saw this movie for the very first time in 1986. My relatives & I visited my grandfather at his apartment one saturday. This movie popped up on tv and we sat around to watch it. When there was still a half hour left to go in the movie, it came time to go out to eat. I wanted to stay and watch the rest of the movie, but I had to go out with the rest of them. So I missed how it ended. About 12 years later I buy a used VHS copy of this movie on eBay & FINALLY got to see the movie in its entirety.

[Juliaflo]

Chances are without 'How to Succeed', there would not have been a 'Nine to Five'.

[sunrazor33]

You can see the Bob Fosse influence in the dancing!

[4thekidsTV]

I've met the comic/character actor/singer..who played"Mr.Bratt"in the movie version of"How To Succeed"in NYC..before he died..John Myers.

[XLoneWolfProductionX]

And you wonder what Mr. Bratt was doing behind his door 0.0

[ilovedyougir12]

the heddy larue was way hotter in the play at hanford high

[bornagainrebel1]

I love this film so much, and I'm not even half-way through it yet. I love the dancing and the singing and of course, the tongue-in-cheek sarcasm.

[itzsoeasy1960]

My thoughts exactly.

[edoboleyn]

@itzsoeasy1960 I know! She could be Joan Holloway's far less intelligent cousin.

[4evaheartbreakkid]

Teehee I love this song :)

[itzsoeasy1960]

Mad Men!:)