Take a Letter, Darling is a 1942 American romantic comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Rosalind Russell. It was nominated for three Academy Awards; Best Cinematography, Best Score and Best Art Direction (Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Samuel M. Comer).
Plot A struggling painter (Fred MacMurray) takes a job as private secretary to a tough female advertising executive (Rosalind Russell). While working together to win the account of a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
Cast Rosalind Russell as A.M. MacGregor Fred MacMurray as Tom Verney Macdonald Carey as Jonathan Caldwell Constance Moore as Ethel Caldwell Robert Benchley as G.B. Atwater Charles Arnt as Fud Newton (as Charles E. Arnt) Cecil Kellaway as Uncle George Kathleen Howard as Aunt Minnie Margaret Seddon as Aunt Judy Dooley Wilson as Moses George Reed as Sam French Margaret Hayes as Sally French Sonny Boy Williams as Micky Dowling John Holland as Ex-Secretary
Radio adaptation Date Program Star(s) June 19, 1942 Philip Morris Playhouse Melvyn Douglas February 1, 1951 Screen Directors Playhouse Russell and MacMurray
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