My Dear Secretary (Alpha) (1948) Rating: Starring: Florence Bates, Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Alan Mowbray, Irene Ryan, Grady Sutton, Rudy Vallee, Helen Walker, Keenan Wynn Director: Charles Martin Category: Comedy Studio: Alpha Video Subtitles: Length: 94 mins     Kirk Douglas plays best-selling novelist Owen Waterbury, an inveterate ladies man and diehard skirt-chaser. When gorgeous aspiring novelist Stephanie Gaylord (Laraine Day) becomes his secretary, he envisions yet another notch on his bedpost. She is not easily won over, however, and Waterbury soon finds himself in the unique position of wanting to live up to her high standards and leave his playboy days behind him. They marry, and the fun begins when his new wife discovers that his replacement secretary is also quite charming, intelligent, and beautiful. Can she trust him? This hilarious and heart-warming comedy presents Kirk Douglas at his best.