Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond is a 1949 comedy film starring Lucille Ball and William Holden, directed by Lloyd Bacon and released by Columbia Pictures. The film was released under the title Innocence is Bliss in the UK. For Ellen Grant , the worst pupil at the Woodruff Secretarial School, it comes as a great surprise when Dick Richmond selects her to work at his realty company. Actually, it is her apparent empty-headedness that wins her the position. The real estate firm, and now Ellen, are merely fronts for a bookmaking operation run from the back of the office, where Dick and his cohorts take... bets on races. Determined to become a good secretary, Ellen puts an ambitious venture into motion to help the business and the people of the town by creating affordable housing. Little does she know her plans are ruining Dick's organization. He cannot fire her for being efficient and cannot get her to quit. Ellen will withstand anything to see the housing project through. Dick's trouble really begins when Ellen unwittingly places a bet placed by the malicious Mrs. Donato , putting him in debt to her for $50,000. Mrs.
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