7/10
"You're a Fool, for which I'm grateful." Thanks to this Sweet Film for giving this Insanely Philosophical Quote in Love-triangle.
22 September 2021
Wife Vs Secretary (1936) : Brief Review -

"You're a Fool, for which I'm grateful." Thanks to this Sweet Film for giving this Insanely Philosophical Quote in Love-triangle. I am not sure whether I'm gonna remember this film or this story for a long time, but i am surely gonna remember coulple of quotes. I might just not forget the story too because this is an old-school formula which is hard to forget. The same old story (I'm not sure of it was old for 1936)- A happily married Husband-wife's relationship gets disturbed once the faithful wife starts suspecting her husband's professional relationship with a gorgeous secretary. It is a sweet little film but with some big philosophical words and couple of scenes are damn too good. So, as we know this suspicious nature of wife isn't anything innovative but this film is extremely faithful about it and the characters of it. First, it has cute chemistry between husband and wife. Loved Gable-Loy totally. Two, it shows professional friendship of company owner and his secretary without crossing the limit. Towards the end i suspected that it might just spoil ethical values when Gable looks at Harlow with that look in hotel room but then suddenly he comes to himself when he learns that his wife has just called and hung up. Three, there is another love story of that secretary and even her boyfriend is suspecting about the same. At the end he goes on saying on the finest quotes of 30s decade, "Don't look for trouble where there isn't any. Because if you don't find it, you'll make it." Kisses to James Stewart for that dialogue delivery. Fourth and the last, the insanely philosophical confrontation between wife and secretary. Just a 2 minute scene which shows that even the secretary has a secret crush but her Boss was a one-woman-man. She says to wife, "You're a Fool, for which I'm grateful." And for me, the job was done here. Don't miss it if you're looking for a good fun+romance+drama.

RATING - 7/10*

By - #samthebestest.
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