Wife vs. Secretary
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Directed by | Clarence Brown |
Produced by | Clarence Brown Hunt Stromberg |
Written by | Faith Baldwin (story) Norman Krasna John Lee Mahin and Alice Duer Miller (screenplay) |
Starring | Clark Gable Jean Harlow Myrna Loy May Robson James Stewart |
Music by | Herbert Stothart Edward Ward |
Cinematography | Ray June |
Editing by | Frank E. Hull |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date(s) | February 28, 1936 |
Running time | 88 min. |
Language | English |
IMDb profile |
Wife vs. Secretary (1936) is a comedy film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, and May Robson. The film was the fifth of six collaborations between Gable and Harlow and the fourth of seven collaborations between Gable and Loy. The film was also one of the first memorable roles for James Stewart, who played Harlow's boyfriend. After being unavailable for over a decade, the film was released on DVD on June 20, 2006.
Plot
Van Stanhope (Gable) is utterly dependent on his secretary Whitey Wilson (Harlow), and calls on her at all hours to run his errands. He also spends days at a time away from his wife travelling for his business, magazine publishing. Stanhope's wife Linda (Loy) doesn't suspect anything until her mother-in-law, Mimi (Robson) plants the seeds of doubt.
Cast
- Clark Gable as Van 'V.S.'/'Jake' Stanhope
- Jean Harlow as Helen 'Whitey' Wilson
- Myrna Loy as Linda Stanhope
- May Robson as Mimi Stanhope
- George Barbier as J.D. Underwood
- James Stewart as Dave
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Joe
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