Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
- Starring:
- Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, (more)
- Director(s):
- Clarence Brown
- Category:
- Comedy
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Magazine publisher Clark Gable is happily married to Myrna Loy. Clark's devoted, super-efficient secretary Jean Harlow may have once harbored a secret desire for her boss, but she's perfectly content with boyfriend James Stewart. Accompanying Gable on a crucial business trip, Jean answers the phone in her boss' suite. Myrna, on the other end of the line, misunderstands, thereby setting the stage for a series of subsequent misunderstandings. As one can see, nothing much really happens in Wife vs. Secretary. The film is a vehicle in every sense of the word, totally reliant on the appeal of its stars. But it works beautifully, and remains as entertaining now as it did sixty years ago. One film historian has wondered what Wife vs. Secretary would have looked like had it been made before the imposition of the production code: would Jean have really had an affair with Clark, thereby giving Myrna something to really worry about? No matter; while it may have been racier, it's not likely the film could have been any more entertaining than it already is. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast:
- Clark Gable - Van Stanhope
- Myrna Loy - Linda Stanhope
- Hobart Cavanaugh - Joe
- George Barbier - Underwood
- Margaret Irving - Edna Wilson
- Gloria Holden - Joan Carstairs
- Hooper Atchley - Postal Clerk
- Frederick Burton - Trent
- Myra Marsh - Miss Clark
- Edward J. Le Saint
- Hilda Howe - Mary Connors
- Holmes Herbert - Frawley
- Helen Shipman - Bits
- Helen "Whitey" Wilson - Jean Harlow
- Lucille Ward - Scrub Woman
- Philip Trent - Elevator Boy
- Nina Quartero - Telephone Operator
- Frank Puglia - Hotel Clerk
- William Newell - Tom Wilson
- Harold Minjir - Williams
- Maurice Cass - Bakewell
- Clay Clement - Herbert
- Frank Elliott - Mr. Barker
- Jean Harlow - Helen "Whitey" Wilson
- May Robson - Mimi
- James Stewart - Dave
- Gilbert Emery - Simpson
- Marjorie Gateson - Eve Merritt
- Tom Dugan - Finney
- Eugene Borden - Ship's Officer
- Greta Meyer - German Cook
- Mary MacGregor - Ellen
- Charles Irwin - Information Clerk
- Tom Herbert - Business Man
- Richard Hemingway - Bridegroom
- Tom Mahoney - Policeman
- Niles Welch - Tom Axel
- Charles Trowbridge - Hal Harrington
- Tom Rowan - Battleship
- John Qualen - Mr. Jenkins
- Aileen Pringle - Mrs. Barker
- Jack Mulhall - Howard
- Leonard Carey - Taggart
- Andre Cheron - Frenchman
- Guy D'Ennery - Cuban Waiter
- Paul Ellis - Raoul
- Director(s):
- Clarence Brown
- Writer(s):
- Norman Krasna, Alice Duer Miller, John Lee Mahin
- Producer(s):
- Hunt Stromberg
- Categories:
- Comedy
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