"The SEX-PLOSION of the Season" 13 September 1940 Comedy 95 mins
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
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Rosalind Russell as Kendal Browning
Brian Aherne as Stephen Dexter
Virginia Bruce as Phyllis Walden
Robert Benchley as Roger Van Horn
John Carroll as Jose de Briganza
Hobart Cavanaugh as William
Richard Lane as McNab
William B. Davidson as Mumford (as William Davidson)
Brooks Benedict as Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac as Miss Collins (uncredited)
Gino Corrado as Waiter (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson as Hudson (uncredited)
Janet Shaw as Lucy - the Bride (uncredited)
Pat West as Office Worker (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks as Office Worker
Leonard Carey as Peterson - Butler
William A. Seiter Director
Irene Costume Designer
Milton Krasner Director of Photography
Charles Previn Music Director
Frank Skinner Music Score Producer
Bernard B. Brown Sound Supervisor
George Beck Story
William A. Seiter Producer
William Hedgcock Sound Technical Supervisor
Jack Otterson Art Direction
Martin Obzina Art Direction
Richard Connell Screenplay
Milton Carruth Editor
Vera West Costume Design
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Vaughn Paul Assistant Director
Sweden 26 December 1940
United States 13 September 1940
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Cement company CEO Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a wife in name only an arrangement made to protect his finances from an .
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Lux Radio Theatre on November 3 1941 with Myrna Loy and William Powell as the leads. Cement company CEO Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to .
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