Wife vs. Secretary
- 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
His secretary ( Original title:. Wife vs. Secretary ) is an American comedy film from 1936 directed by Clarence Brown Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Myrna Loy are seen in the lead roles.. As a literary work, the novel served vs. Wife. Secretary of Faith Baldwin.
Action
For three years, the New York-based newspaper publisher Van and his wife Linda are happily married to each other. However, both Vans mother Mimi and friends of Linda suspect that Vans attractive secretary Whitey sooner or van could be tempted by an affair over. Linda wants this kind hints but not to believe, because she trusts her husband. The situation is different with Whitey's fiance Dave, who is immediately jealous because Whitey's admiration for her boss. He urges Whitey therefore all the more to marry him at last. But instead of a set wedding date, Whitey breaks her engagement with Dave and plunges prefer to work. She wants to help Van about to finalize a secret trade with the media mogul Underwood before another publisher Van anticipates. To this end, Van concealed his business plans even before Linda, what does this increasingly suspicious.
In an organized Vans Publisher skating Linda is finally jealous. She asks Van to put Whitey in a different department, and gets into an argument with him. But you reconcile that same night. To complete his business with Underwood, Van must shortly go on to Havana. However, he does not want Linda accompanied him. Arriving at the end of his business, Van can meet, given the immense paperwork Whitey. Together they are now working day and night. After they have completed the trade successfully with Underwood, Van and Whitey drink to her triumph. Although they feel it strongly attracted to each other, they can withstand another eventually. But when Linda surprising calls and Whitey decreases the phone, Linda is completely convinced of Vans infidelity.
Van returns a short time later returned to New York, where Linda has already filed for divorce. After Van has tried unsuccessfully to win back his estranged wife for himself, he invites Whitey together to sail to Bermuda. Although Whitey has now fallen in love with Van, she realizes that Van and Linda belong together. Whitey seeks to Linda and makes this clear that a divorce would be a big mistake. Linda returns to Van and Whitey and Dave find each other again.
Background
His secretary was the fifth of six films together, Clark Gable and Jean Harlow and also marks the fourth of seven collaborations of Gable and Myrna Loy. Harlow and Loy, in turn, had also worked for the 1936 film comedy Funny sinners.
His secretary was premiered on 28 February 1936 in the United States. On July 22, 1936, the comedy film was also released in Germany. On October 9, 1988, she was first broadcast on German television.
Reviews
" Good-natured comedy of star-studded ," judged The lexicon of the International film. " Jean Harlow shines in a character role, with the se - trivial nice story wins profile " it says further. For Cinema His secretary was a " [t ] oller old-school fun with crackling dialogue joke".