title: Take a Letter, Darling
text: # Take a Letter, Darling
  
  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 |
  