Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
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71% of users liked it
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- Clarence Brown
- Written By
- Faith Baldwin, Norman Krasna, Alice Duer Miller, John Lee Mahin
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Feb 28, 1936 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a star vehicle with Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow, that's filled with old-fashioned Hollywood gloss.
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Cast
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Clark Gable
as Van Stanhope
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Jean Harlow
as Helen "Whitey" Wilson
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Myrna Loy
as Linda Stanhope
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May Robson
as Mimi
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Hobart Cavanaugh
as Joe
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James Stewart
as Dave
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George Barbier
as Underwood
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Gilbert Emery
as Simpson
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Margaret Irving
as Edna Wilson
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Marjorie Gateson
as Eve Merritt
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Gloria Holden
as Joan Carstairs
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Tom Dugan
as Finney
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Hooper Atchley
as Postal Clerk
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Eugene Borden
as Ship's Officer
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Frederick Burton
as Trent
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Leonard Carey
as Taggart
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Maurice Cass
as Bakewell
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Andre Cheron
as Frenchman
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Clay Clement
as Herbert
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Guy D'Ennery
as Cuban Waiter
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Frank Elliott
as Mr. Barker
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Paul Ellis
as Raoul
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Richard Hemingway
as Bridegroom
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Holmes Herbert
as Frawley
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Tom Herbert
as Business Man
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Hilda Howe
as Mary Connors
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Charles Irwin
as Information Clerk
- Edward J. Le Saint
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Mary MacGregor
as Ellen
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Myra Marsh
as Miss Clark
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Greta Meyer
as German Cook
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Harold Minjir
as Williams
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Jack Mulhall
as Howard
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William Newell
as Tom Wilson
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Aileen Pringle
as Mrs. Barker
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Frank Puglia
as Hotel Clerk
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John Qualen
as Mr. Jenkins
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Nina Quartero
as Telephone Operator
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Tom Rowan
as Battleship
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Philip Trent
as Elevator Boy
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Charles Trowbridge
as Hal Harrington
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Lucille Ward
as Scrub Woman
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Niles Welch
as Tom Axel
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Helen "Whitey" Wilson
as Jean Harlow
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Tom Mahoney
as Policeman
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Helen Shipman
as Bits