Ann Sothern is Susie, private secretary to talent agent Peter Sands (Don
Porter), in this delightful series of comic adventures that ran on TV Sunday
nights from 1953 to 1957. Susie, with long-suffering receptionist Vi Praskins
(Ann Tyrrell), keeps the office of International Artists humming in the world of
insecure actors, snobby writers and big-shot producers, while continuing to
prove that the employees are often smarter than their employer! "Private
Secretary" (AKA "Susie") was nominated for five Emmy Awards and continues to
enchant all who come under Susie's lively secretarial spell.
What Every Secretary Knows: Peter desperately wants to make a deal for two of
his rising singing stars with an opera impresario. Susie and the maestro's wife
plot to get the two bigheaded big shots together.
How To Handle a Boss: Susie busts her writer's block when she asks a reporter
friend to "ghost write" an article for her in a magazine. The result lands her
in hot water with everybody in the office!
Not Quite Paradise: Vi's Aunt Martha gets the crazy idea that her niece and
Peter are engaged to be married - and that Susie is the competition that must be
eliminated!
Three's A Crowd: Susie finds herself in the role of "leading lady" in a love
triangle with a new, eager-to-please playwright and a slick Broadway producer.
Starring: Ann Sothern, Don Porter & Ann Tyrrell
Produced by: Jack Chertok
Directed by: Oscar Rudolph
Private Secretary, Volume 1 (DVD Movie) . . .
