Office Romances

Office Romances

10 Episodes

Beginning in the 1930s, the ever-growing number of working women inspired a new type of romantic comedy, where meet-cutes come amid desks and typewriters, and the course of true love is entangled with office politics and professional rivalry. The genre was tailor-made for stars like Jean Arthur, Katharine Hepburn, and Rosalind Russell who could dazzle with brainy repartee and make competence sexy. Elements of these films may be quaintly transgressive (boozy office parties! bosses dating their secretaries!), but they also tackle still-timely topics—work-life balance (HIS GIRL FRIDAY), gender equality (WOMAN OF THE YEAR), and even fears of jobs being eliminated by computers (DEST SET)—with crackling comic irreverence, finding laughter and romance in the nine-to-five.

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Office Romances

10 Episodes

  • Office Romances Teaser
    00:55
    Office Romances Teaser
    Episode 1

    Office Romances Teaser

    Episode 1

  • The Apartment
    2:05:15
    The Apartment
    Episode 2

    The Apartment

    Episode 2

    Directed by Billy Wilder • 1960 • United States
    Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

    Jack Lemmon stars in one of Billy Wilder’s most beloved films as C. C. Baxter, a company man anxious to please his superiors at the New York insurance firm where he works—enough to let his boss...

  • Woman of the Year
    1:54:35
    Woman of the Year
    Episode 3

    Woman of the Year

    Episode 3

    Directed by George Stevens • 1942 • United States
    Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter

    George Stevens’s WOMAN OF THE YEAR, conceived to build on the smashing comeback Katharine Hepburn had made in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, marked the beginning of the personal and professional uni...

  • His Girl Friday
    1:32:25
    His Girl Friday
    Episode 4

    His Girl Friday

    Episode 4

    Directed by Howard Hawks • 1940 • United States
    Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy

    One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, HIS GIRL FRIDAY stars Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, a standout among cinema’s powerful women. Hildy is matched in fo...

  • The Whole Town’s Talking
    1:32:36
    The Whole Town’s Talking
    Episode 5

    The Whole Town’s Talking

    Episode 5

    Directed by John Ford • 1935 • United States
    Starring Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur

    Edward G. Robinson spoofs his own tough-guy image in this lively gangster farce, one of director John Ford’s rare forays into straight comedy. In a delightful double role, Robinson plays mild-mannered office cl...

  • Desk Set
    1:43:37
    Desk Set
    Episode 6

    Desk Set

    Episode 6

    Directed by Walter Lang • 1957 • United States
    Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Joan Blondell

    It’s human ingenuity vs. artificial intelligence in this witty and prescient comic marvel, one of the most delightful of the celebrated pairings between screen icons Katharine Hepburn and Spen...

  • Working Girls
    1:17:16
    Working Girls
    Episode 7

    Working Girls

    Episode 7

    Directed by Dorothy Arzner • 1931 • United States
    Starring Judith Wood, Dorothy Hall, Charles “Buddy” Rogers

    Dorothy Arzner offers a snappily entertaining, socially perceptive look at female solidarity in this Depression-era tale of young women striving to succeed in their careers and in love. N...

  • The Office Wife
    58:33
    The Office Wife
    Episode 8

    The Office Wife

    Episode 8

    Directed by Lloyd Bacon • 1930 • United States
    Starring Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Natalie Moorhead

    Though little-known today due to her relatively short-lived career, Dorothy Mackaill was one of the most intriguing screen personalities of the silent and pre-Code eras. She shines—opposite up...

  • Man Wanted
    1:01:38
    Man Wanted
    Episode 9

    Man Wanted

    Episode 9

    Directed by William Dieterle • 1932 • United States
    Starring Kay Francis, David Manners, Una Merkel

    In the first film the ever-chic Kay Francis made at Warner Bros.—where she would quickly become the studio’s top star during the pre-Code era—she plays Lois Ames, a magazine editor whose husband i...

  • More Than a Secretary
    1:16:41
    More Than a Secretary
    Episode 10

    More Than a Secretary

    Episode 10

    Directed by Alfred E. Green • 1936 • United States
    Starring Jean Arthur, George Brent, Lionel Stander

    Fresh from her star-making turn in THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING, screwball virtuoso Jean Arthur further honed her comic mettle and Depression-era Cinderella persona with this breezy romance. She sta...

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