Wife vs. Secretary

Wife vs. Secretary
File:Wvs1936.jpg
Directed by	Clarence Brown
Written by	Faith Baldwin (story) Norman Krasna John Lee Mahin and Alice Duer Miller (screenplay)
Produced by	Clarence Brown Hunt Stromberg
Starring	Clark Gable Jean Harlow Myrna Loy May Robson James Stewart
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Music by	Herbert Stothart Edward Ward
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	February 28, 1936
Running time	88 min.
Language	English

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

External links

• Wife vs. Secretary at IMDb