Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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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. Tailor-made for stars like Jean Arthur, Katharine Hepburn, and Rosalind Russell, these films tackle still-timely topics with crackling comic irreverence, finding laughter and romance in the nine-to-five.
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Featuring:
THE OFFICE WIFE (Lloyd Bacon, 1930)
WORKING GIRLS (Dorothy Arzner, 1931)
MAN WANTED (William Dieterle, 1932)
THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (John Ford, 1935)
MORE THAN A SECRETARY (Alfred E. Green, 1936)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks, 1940)
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (George Stevens, 1942)
DESK SET (Walter Lang, 1957)
THE APARTMENT (Billy Wilder, 1960)
Now streaming on the Criterion Channel! criterionchannel.com/office-romances
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. Tailor-made for stars like Jean Arthur, Katharine Hepburn, and Rosalind Russell, these films tackle still-timely topics with crackling comic irreverence, finding laughter and romance in the nine-to-five.
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Featuring:
THE OFFICE WIFE (Lloyd Bacon, 1930)
WORKING GIRLS (Dorothy Arzner, 1931)
MAN WANTED (William Dieterle, 1932)
THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (John Ford, 1935)
MORE THAN A SECRETARY (Alfred E. Green, 1936)
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (Howard Hawks, 1940)
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (George Stevens, 1942)
DESK SET (Walter Lang, 1957)
THE APARTMENT (Billy Wilder, 1960)
