She Married Her Boss

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She Married Her Boss

Released Sep 19, 1935

1h 25m

Comedy

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After six years of unrequited love for her boss, Richard Barclay (Melvyn Douglas), executive secretary Julia Scott (Claudette Colbert) refuses a job in Paris, yet declares her plans to move to France to find a husband. Fearful of losing Julia's talents, Richard marries her and demands she sort out his messy home life with his young daughter and overbearing sister. When she realizes Richard only wants a business partner, Julia agrees to reorganize a rival's store to gain Richard's attention.

Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)

Esquire Magazine

The surprise performance is by Melvyn Douglas, who turns out to be quite a funny drunk.

May 4, 2020

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Ann Ross

Maclean's Magazine

Not a new idea, but Claudette Colbert's expert comedy makes it seem fresh and funny.

Jul 22, 2019

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Helen Brown Norden

Vanity Fair

The picture has a great deal of the easy, good-humored charm of It Happened One Night -- although it doesn't measure up to that classic -- and you will find it highly entertaining.

May 31, 2019

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Business and marriage together 'sound like an incorporation,' with a deft hand Gregory La Cava dismantles both

Jan 8, 2014

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Steve D

With this cast it has no right to be so bad.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Audience Member

just dreadful. how could such a great cast, premise and production go so wrong? probably because preston sturges wasn't available. the best part of the movie is the drunk butler, but who then drives around nyc in a blackout. i guess we're supposed to find that hilarious, but not so much today.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Claudette Colbert makes this film watchable.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Audience Member

Cute with some very dated attitudes and a too abrupt ending.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Claudette Colbert was Perfect, only the ending was kinda anticlimax :I

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Snappy dialogue makes this cute (though sexist) comedy a pleasure to watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Gregory La Cava

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Claudette Colbert

Julia Scott

Melvyn Douglas

Richard Barclay

Michael Bartlett

Lonnie Rogers

Raymond Walburn

Franklin

Jean Dixon

Martha Pryor

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Synopsis

After six years of unrequited love for her boss, Richard Barclay (Melvyn Douglas), executive secretary Julia Scott (Claudette Colbert) refuses a job in Paris, yet declares her plans to move to France to find a husband. Fearful of losing Julia's talents, Richard marries her and demands she sort out his messy home life with his young daughter and overbearing sister. When she realizes Richard only wants a business partner, Julia agrees to reorganize a rival's store to gain Richard's attention.

Director: Gregory La Cava
Screenwriter: Sidney Buchman, Thyra Samter Winslow
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 1935, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2019
Runtime: 1h 25m
Sound Mix: Mono