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Status
Released
Release
1935
Runtime
1h 25m
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"The Surprise Success to "IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" !"
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.
36 Cast Members
Claudette Colbert
Julia Scott
Melvyn Douglas
Richard Barclay
Raymond Walburn
Franklin
Michael Bartlett
Leonard 'Lennie' Rogers
Jean Dixon
Martha Pryor
Katharine Alexander
Gertrude Barclay
Edith Fellows
Annabel Barclay
Clara Kimball Young
Parsons
Grace Hayle
Agnes Mayo (as Grace Hale)
Charles Arnt
Victor Jessup
A.S. Byron
Store Watchman (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Andrews (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
Window Dresser (uncredited)
Lillian Rich
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Helen Wood
Secretary (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Fat Shopper
Dave O'Brien
Shopper
Ernie Adams
Passerby
William Arnold
Department Head
