How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) - A Secretary Is Not a Toy Scene (5/10)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - A Secretary Is Not a Toy: When a beautiful new employee (Maureen Arthur) arrives at the office, Bratt (John Myhers) reminds the men that a secretary is not a toy.

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FILM DESCRIPTION:
J. Pierpont Finch (Robert Morse) is a lowly window cleaner with dreams of making it big in the business world. After finding a copy of the book "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," Finch decides to apply the tactics in the book to his own life. Soon, he's working as a mail-room clerk at the World Wide Wicket Company and quickly fighting his way up the corporate ladder with relative ease in this quirky musical based on the hit Broadway production.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1967)
Cast:
Director: David Swift
Screewriter: David Swift

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[jamesfeldman]

Such awesome talents were involved in this production. The dance moves by master choreographer Bob Fosse here are a delight.

[mkeogh]

0:55 The "Dancing Executive" on the left is Tucker Smith who played "Ice" in the '61 version of "West Side Story." He passed away at age 52 in 1988.

[nytemarequeen]

This should be part of all office anti-harassment training

[TralfazConstruction]

Kay Reynolds (Smitty) nicely asserts herself in this. Over the _decades_ I didn't watch How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) since seeing it with my parents fifty-five years ago. Then I found it on Tubi and I've watched the movie two or three times a week for the past six weeks. Also I appreciate Kay Reynolds in the "It's Been a Long Day" sequence in front of the elevator. I always look up when she sings, 'Make a bargain, make a date' while nudging Robert Morse. I admire all the details and color pallette for the entire production.

[KevinFaulkner-zo]

Omg the choreo the set and costume design this is incredible

[BasementBerean]

2:56 This is an abstract representation of how the striker keys are arranged in a conventional typewriter.

[hellhoundbravo]

Oh my...the dancing in this scene is amazing!

[vikio]

Ahhh, I want those dresses with the bright inserts in the skirt! Also, good song.

[wcthesecret]

...why are there so many kids videos in the suggestions of this video? THEY DONT SHOW UP IN ANY OTHER VIDEOS I WATCH!!! JUST THIS ONE!!!

[zackstark]

I was in this scene in a production of this musical back in middle school I was one of the businessmen.

[thomashogan]

The color scheme looks like the executive floor of the Willie Wonka Factory.

[ElleCee]

Is that John Myhers from Hogan’s Heroes and 1776 at the beginning?

[jochenstossberg]

The original show on Broadway was wonderful. And that's where it should have stayed. The film somehow managed to lose everything that was terrific about it. Bob Fosse should have been able to direct his original dances, and the whole film. I'm not sure if he turned the film version down or if he just didn't want to do it, but five songs from the show disappeared, and at least one filmed number, Coffee Break was cut from the movie. As it is, the film just looks like a play with a camera put in front of everyone. This front and center approach works on a stage, but a film needs to be cinematic. Robert Morse by the way, RIP, disliked the film intensely.