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Admirable film.

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

This is a 60 minute low budget grade B comedy in which John Wayne plays second fiddle to Evelyn Napp. The 1933 depression sets and costumes would be considered amateur film making today. The film has never been remastered and has been public domain for so long the current Youtube print is actually clearer than the double feature DVD reissue as which it was last commercially marketed. The story is delightful romantic fantasy in which the illogical sets and costumes & poor home, work to enhance the fun. Wayne is interested in a ministers daughter and is dismissed by his wealthy tycoon dad for refusing to follow up on an unpaid outstanding loan taken by her grandfather. He sets up shop as a garage mechanic to win her then marries her without telling her he is rich. The title scene is played out as the way Napp gets Wayne's dad to accept his son marrying a woman whose family is not on the approved list. Interesting story and acting, poor quality reproduction and budget filmed project.

Grumpy millionaire businessman Mr. Wallace is fed up with his wild son. The young man is out late again, the "girl crazy young squirt." Eventually the wayward son arrives home; the old man corrals him, assigns him to yet another position in his company, and orders him to be on the job at 9:00 a.m.The son, of course, is John Wayne. He doesn't look totally convincing as a prodigal rich kid, but really is hard to resist. His new job is going to be as a bill collector, and he has a hilarious scene practicing in the mirror—wagging his finger and demanding payment. The plot moves fast…the Duke has a kind of girl friend who is an obvious gold digger. He goes outstate to try and collect a debt from a small town minister. The minister's granddaughter (Evalyn Knapp) is quite spirited, very pretty, and is not impressed with Wayne's spoiled overconfidence in his own charms. Naturally, he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, back home, the gold digger is plotting to marry him at her earliest opportunity….In what is a long story compressed into a matter of moments, Knapp winds up married to Wayne and working incognito as his old man's secretary. It goes on from there but never really gels as a convincing story. Evalyn Knapp is really pretty good as the granddaughter—her performance is lively and covers a nice range of emotion and expression. Also, her character has virtually all of the brains in the entire picture. Reginald Barlow is energetic as the often scowling, occasionally crowing millionaire dad. John Wayne is kind of funny…he has a kind of odd charm, even in a role so unsuited to his talents. He seems to be at his best—most natural—in a couple of scenes with a neighborhood kid who eggs him on and helps him out. It's not believable for a minute, partly because everything happens so fast and (often) for so little apparent reason. Enjoyable enough, however, if only for the presence of Wayne and the nice performance by the wonderful Evalyn Knapp.

Often drunk, playboy John Wayne (as Richard "Dick" Wallace) upsets father Reginald Barlow, who is tired of Mr. Wayne, as he puts it, "making love like a Romeo, drinking like a fish." When Wayne sobers up a little, his father gives him a job as a collection agent. But Wayne's penchant for pretty girls makes it hard to collect from leggy blonde Evalyn Knapp (as Marion Hall). When Wayne gives her reverend father, Alec B. Francis, a loan extension, his father fires him. Wayne continues to pursue Ms. Knapp, who plays hard to get. The novelty of seeing young John Wayne out of the saddle wears off quickly - even Wayne fans may be bored.*** His Private Secretary (6/10/33) Philip H. Whitman ~ John Wayne, Evalyn Knapp, Reginald Barlow, Alec B. Francis

Though the quality of the film is not too great (hey, it IS from 1933!), it is a good little movie, and the entertainment value exceeds the quality (at least in the version we watched).It is fun to see John Wayne in this atypical role. He plays the part of a fun-loving rich playboy, whose father wants him to settle down and start working in the family business. When he does the ultimate in settling down, by getting married, his father is convinced the wife is a gold-digger. How she convinces him otherwise is clever and well done, and shows the value of being a positive person with initiative.MOST of the other comments on this movie say it so well, but I wanted to add one more very positive comment for the film.If you are a John Wayne fan, you should definitely watch this movie.