tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post530958239663757116..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: Friday's Old Fashioned: Wife vs. Secretary (1936)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-37050048699691844042015-06-27T18:22:07.626-05:002015-06-27T18:22:07.626-05:00Terrific take on the film. This was one of the str...Terrific take on the film. This was one of the strongest pictures in Jean and MGM's joint effort to move her from the brassiest of blondes, which she was the ultimate at but which has a limited shelf life, to a more dignified presence in tune with the times that would enable her to sustain her career longer. Of course none of them could know that longer was to be only a year after this. What surprises me is that Myrna Loy plays such a gullible nitwit, her innate intelligence works against her being believable. The ending could have been stronger but this is still a solid film. <br /><br />This is one of Harlow's better performances but I've always felt her best work was a tie between Red Dust and Libeled Lady.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com