Product Details

• Actors: Ann Sothern, Don Porter
• Directors: Various
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: May 31, 2005
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009J2ROE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,034 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Private Secretary:Vol 2 TV Series" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Platform:  DVD MOVIE Publisher:  ALPHA VIDEO Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX 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.Cat In A Hot Tin File: When a stray feline wanders into the office Vi and Susie try to hide it from Peter and a hysterical allergic actress. Watch for John Banner (Sergeant Shultz of Hogan's Heroes) as a restaurant owner. Dollars and Sense: After Susie goes on a shopping spree she begs Vi and Peter to manage her money and keep her on a strict allowance. But the lure of the department store sale can't dampen her spendthrift ways. It takes a sleazy pawnbroker (Mel Welles) to do that! Old Dogs New Tricks: A snooty child actor needs to be taken down a notch or two - and Susie's just the person to do it! That's No Lady That's An Agent: Peter becomes smitten with rival talent agent Blanche Colvey (Hillary Brooke) and it's up to Susie to protect her boss from Colvey's cutthroat scheme to steal a big opera star (Sig Ruman) from the agency. Starring: Ann Sothern Don Porter & Ann TyrrellProduced by: Jack ChertokDirected by: Oscar Rudolph DVD Details: Run Time: 104 minutesNumber of Discs: 1Originally Released in 1953Black & WhiteNo region encoding; For global distribution.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great series with the magnificent Ann Sothern, July 10, 2005

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Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Private Secretary:Vol 2 TV Series (DVD)

Alpha releases 4 more classic episodes from Ann Sothern's delightful sitcom PRIVATE SECRETARY. PRIVATE SECRETARY featured Ann Sothern as Susie Camille MacNamara, the secretary to New York talent mogul Peter Sands (Don Porter). However, Susie often gets confused as to the limitations of her job and gets frequently entangled in the lives of Peter and his clients. Snappy dialogue and great comic support is provided by Ann Tyrrell as Susie's workmate Vi Praskins. When the series later went into syndication, the title of the show was inexplicably changed to SUSIE.

With the following episodes (presented under the SUSIE title):

"Cat in a Hot Tin File" - Vi and Susie attempt to keep a stray cat in the office, despite Peter's important new client being allergic.

"Dollars and Sense" - Susie begs Vi and Peter to help her in curbing her spendthrift habits.

"Old Dogs, New Tricks" - Susie talks sense to a big-headed child star.

"That's No Lady, That's an Agent" - Peter becomes infatuated with a rival talent agency boss (guest star Hillary Brooke). It's up to Susie to set Peter straight!

Hopefully Alpha may release more eps from this delightful show. A must for fans of vintage TV.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you knew Susie like I know Susie, July 21, 2007

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bernie "webviator" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Private Secretary:Vol 2 TV Series (DVD)

In this 50's TV comedy series, the private secretary to talent agent Peter Sands (Don Porter), Susan Camille MacNamara (Ann Sothern) goes out of her way to help her boss in the most convoluted schemes. Some how she always puts her foot in it; yet in the end everything turns out fine.

Either a victim of old age or bad memory (possible the world has changed); I found this series to be straining for laughs.

The DVD volume one contains:
"Cat in a Hot Tin File"
"Dollars and Sense"
"Old Dogs, New Tricks"
"That's no Lady, That's an Agent"

If you enjoyed the acting of Don Porter then you should not miss him in the Bob Hope classic "Bachelor in Paradise" (1961)

The version I watched was distributed by alpha video and was not remastered (it really should have been). The images do not hold up well on today's big screen TV's
Bachelor in Paradise [VHS]