The Typist

{{short description|1931 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Typist | image = The Typist.jpg | caption = | director = Wilhelm Thiele | producer = {{ubl|Herman Millakowsky|Georg Witt}} | writer = {{ubl|Jean Boyer|István Békeffy (operetta)|Franz Schulz|István Szomaházy (novel)}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Marie Glory|Jean Murat|Armand Bernard}} | music = Lajos Lajtai | cinematography = {{ubl|Otto Heller|Reimar Kuntze|Adolf Schlasy}} | editing = | studio = {{ubl|Pathé-Natan|Greenbaum-Film}} | distributor = Pathé-Natan | released = {{Film date|1931|04|04|df=yes}} | runtime = 77 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''The Typist''''' (French: '''''Dactylo''''') is a 1931 French comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Marie Glory, Jean Murat and Armand Bernard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30470|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119044856/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30470|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2009|title=La DACTYLO SE MARIE (1934)|publisher=}}</ref> It was a French-language version of the German film ''Die Privatsekretärin'' which was itself based on a novel by István Szomaházy. It was followed by a 1934 sequel ''The Typist Gets Married''.

The film's sets were designed by Otto Hunte and Franz Koehn.

==Cast== * Marie Glory - Simone Dupré * Jean Murat - Paul Derval * Armand Bernard - Jules Fanfarel * Marie-Antoinette Buzet - La secrétaire * Jean Boyer - Moreau * Albert Broquin - Un choriste * André Michaud - Le garçon de restaurant

==Other film versions== * ''Tales of the Typewriter'' (December 1916, Hungary, directed by Alexander Korda) * ''The Private Secretary'' (January 1931, Germany, directed by Wilhelm Thiele) * ''The Private Secretary'' (July 1931, Italy, directed by Goffredo Alessandrini) * ''Sunshine Susie'' (December 1931, United Kingdom, directed by Victor Saville) * ''The Private Secretary'' (December 1953, West Germany, directed by Paul Martin)

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0021774}}

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