The Private Secretary (1931 Italian film)

The Private Secretary (Italian: La segretaria privata) is a 1931 Italian "white-telephones" musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano.^[1] It was the Italian-language version of the German film Die Privatsekretärin.

The Private Secretary
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	István Szomaházy (novel) István Békeffy (operetta) Franz Schulz Oreste Biancoli Goffredo Alessandrini
Produced by	Stefano Pittaluga
Starring	Elsa Merlini Nino Besozzi Sergio Tofano Cesare Zoppetti
Cinematography	Domenico Scala Massimo Terzano
Edited by	Goffredo Alessandrini Guy Simon
Music by	Paul Abraham Lajos Lajtai
Production company	Società Italiana Cines
Distributed by	Società Italiana Cines
Release date	1931 (1931)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Elsa Merlini - Elsa Lorenzi
• Nino Besozzi - Il banchiere Roberto Berri
• Sergio Tofano - Otello, l'usciere
• Cesare Zoppetti - Rossi, il capo del personale
• Umberto Sacripante - Il direttore del 'Pergolato'
• Ermanno Roveri - Il gagà alla stazione
• Marisa Botti - La signorina Botti, segretaria
• Renato Malavasi as Un signore che riceve uno schiaffo al 'Pergolato'
• Alfredo Martinelli as Un cliente del 'Pergolato'
• Noemi Orsini as Padrona della Pensione Primavera

Other film versions

• Tales of the Typewriter (December 1916, Hungary, directed by Alexander Korda)
• The Private Secretary (January 1931, Germany, directed by Wilhelm Thiele)
• Dactylo (April 1931, France, directed by Wilhelm Thiele)
• Sunshine Susie (December 1931, United Kingdom, directed by Victor Saville)
• The Private Secretary (December 1953, West Germany, directed by Paul Martin)