The Office Wife (1930)
8KThe Office Wife (1930). 59m | Passed
“When Lewis Stone tells his secretary that he is going to Europe on his honeymoon, she collapses. Dorothy MacKaill is tapped to be his new secretary by the knowing but kindly office manager, Hobart Bosworth. Itu0026#39;s not long before sheu0026#39;s indispensable to Stone, and hopelessly in love with him.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a sweet-tempered pre-code movie, with the two leads always behaving properly, yet kindly towards each other. The spice is added by the comments of Blanche Friderici, smoking bad cigars in a manu0026#39;s suit, as an acid commentator on the role of the office wife; Joan Blondell as Miss McKaillu0026#39;s sister, a model who lets the manager pinch her once a year to keep her job, and Natalie Moorhead, as Stoneu0026#39;s wife, whou0026#39;s carrying on an affair.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt was a peak year for Miss McKaill, who zoomed to the top as Warner Brothersu0026#39; pre-code lady, knowing and wise. Thereu0026#39;s only one lingerie scene in this one, and thatu0026#39;s with Miss Blondell. Miss McKailu0026#39;s career would crash and burn with the strict enforcement of the Production Code; she would be in only one movie after 1934. She would retire to Hawaii, and live until 1990, dying at the age of 87.”
