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Wife vs. Secretary
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Director:
Writers:
Faith Baldwin (novel)
Norman Krasna (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 February 1936 (USA) more
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Plot:
The wife of a publishing executive mistakenly believes that her husband's relationship with his attractive secretary is more than professional. full summary | add synopsis
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A golden love triangle... more (28 total)

Cast

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Clark Gable ... Van

Jean Harlow ... Whitey

Myrna Loy ... Linda
May Robson ... Mimi
George Barbier ... Underwood

James Stewart ... Dave
Hobart Cavanaugh ... Joe
Tom Dugan ... Finney
Gilbert Emery ... Simpson
Marjorie Gateson ... Eve Merritt
Gloria Holden ... Joan Carstairs
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Runtime:
88 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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The sets of Van's office were also used in the anti-crime short The Public Pays (1936). more
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Continuity: When Whitey and Van are working late in the hotel room, Van sits on the edge of the bed. After Whitey tells him to watch the papers strewn on the bed he begins to sit in the middle of the bed. As the scene continues he is shown sitting on the foot of the bed. more
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Van: You know, it's amazing how a man can twist logic to suit his own ends. more
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She Was Poor But She Was Honest more

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A golden love triangle..., 28 September 2004
Author: Poseidon-3 from Cincinnati, OH

All of the MGM machinery is in place to make this slight little story into an enjoyable bit of entertainment. Three of the studio's biggest and most endearing stars headline the film. Gable plays a hotshot businessman who has a beautiful, affectionate wife (Loy) at home and a beautiful, dutiful secretary (Harlow) at the office. Loy has no reason to feel threatened by the curvy, good-natured Harlow until Gable's mother (Robson) plants the seeds of doubt in her mind. Once her friends chime in as well and Gable and Harlow are in the midst of a major, hush-hush deal, she begins to think that perhaps she is the odd man out. Meanwhile, (a very young) Stewart waits patiently for Harlow to give up her career and marry him. The title comes true in one, fairly-considerate, verbal sparring match near the end. Gable is extremely charming and offhanded in this film. He does as he pleases and doesn't care to answer to anyone or explain his behavior. Loy is also very witty and refreshingly forward-thinking for most of the movie. The couple shares a delightful on screen relationship in which a healthy sex life is clearly implied. Harlow (sporting hair a shade or two darker than when she's playing an outwardly sexual character) does an admirable job of portraying the dedicated, indispensable assistant who may really have some unexplored feelings for her boss. Though the plot is contrived and simplistic in the extreme, the stars do manage to put it over and hold interest. It's not a very realistic film, but who wanted that anyway during The Depression? It's a frothy, fun, occasionally dramatic piece of old Hollywood candy.

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