Wife vs. Secretary (1936) Starring: Clark Gable, Jean
Harlow, Myrna Loy, James Stewart. Directed by Clarence Brown. Screenplay by Norman
Krasna, John Lee Mahin, Alice Duer Miller Based on the short story "Wife
Versus Secretary" by Faith Baldwin in Hearst's
International-Cosmopolitan (May 1935). Produced by Hunt Stromberg Run time: 88
minutes. USA Black and White Comedy, Drama
Let me start off the review by saying I’m a very big Jean
Harlow fan. I know the hair is peroxided but there is something very genuine
and genuinely sexy about her. I have not had a chance to see all of the films
in her sadly short Hollywood career but I do look forward to seeing them all.
The more I see of her films, the more I see that she co-starred with Clark
Gable in six films, this being the fifth. I’m sure it was a match made in
Hollywood heaven.
But Clark Gable was not the first choice for the male lead.
That was originally going to William Powell, with whom Harlow was an item at
the time. But Powell was too busy with other productions to appear in the film.
