My Dear Secretary (1948) on Netflix

Plot summary

Owen Waterbury, a novelist, teaches a writing class, and on its last day he offers a woman in the class the post of his secretary. The secretary he had before left to get married. Stephanie Gaylord, who goes by Steve, wants to write but needs the money, so she goes to his apartment for an interview. Another candidate runs off, the roommate Ronnie Hastings makes chaos in the kitchen, and the landlady Hannah Reeve arrives for the rent. Owen asks whether Steve is married. She takes the job, and little of his book gets written.