Day-Time Wife (1939) Tyrone Power, Mary Astor, Linda Darnell / Romantic Comedy

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  • "Day-Time Wife" (1939) is a romantic comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff, starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell. The movie explores themes of marriage, infidelity, and the complexities of modern relationships, all set within a comedic context.
    Plot:
    The story revolves around a wealthy businessman, Michael Martin (played by Tyrone Power), who is married to his wife, Terry Martin (played by Mary Astor). Michael, despite his success, is emotionally distant and seems to take his wife for granted. His life is complicated when he begins an affair with his secretary, Terry’s younger namesake, Terry (played by Linda Darnell ), who also works for his company.
    However, things take a comedic turn when Michael's wife, Terry gets involved in a "scandal" of her own. In an attempt to rekindle his interest in her, she becomes involved in a scheme to make Michael jealous. Meanwhile, misunderstandings and confusion lead to a series of comic situations involving mistaken identities, professional secrets, and romantic entanglements.
    The film explores how both spouses deal with their emotions and the misunderstanding of their romantic intentions. The ending sees the couple trying to reconcile, but the process of doing so is filled with wit, charm, and lighthearted humor.
    Main Characters:
    Michael Martin (Tyrone Power) - A successful businessman caught between his wife and a seductive secretary, unsure of what he truly wants.
    Terry Martin (Mary Astor) - Michael’s wife, who is caught between maintaining her marriage and her own evolving sense of self-worth and independence.
    Terry (Linda Darnell ) - Michael’s younger secretary, who gets romantically entangled with him, becoming a catalyst for the complications in the plot.
    Joe Martin (Jack Carson) - A comedic secondary character who provides the humor and serves as an observer to the romantic confusion.
    Hashtags:
    #DayTimeWife
    #TyronePower
    #LindaChristian
    #RomanticComedy
    #1939Films
    #ClassicHollywood
    #MarriageDrama
    #FilmNoirComedies
    #WittyRomance
    #MistakenIdentity
    "Day-Time Wife" presents an entertaining story that brings together love, misunderstandings, and witty dialogue, all while offering a snapshot of 1930s Hollywood-style romantic comedy.
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  • @syrineb
    @syrineb 8 днів тому +2

    I absolutely love this movie !Linda Darnell is a delight and Tyrone Power so gorgeous as well

  • @Dangergirl88
    @Dangergirl88 4 дні тому +1

    Great little movie! They don’t make movies like this anymore. Light hearted humor, very entertaining.

  • @jacklisiecki2389
    @jacklisiecki2389 15 днів тому +4

    A good movie. High quality print too - no scratches/blurs topped off by a great audio track. Hard to believe the movie was made 89 years ago. It was nice to see Mary Astor. Can't say that I liked the story; I'm sure many wives would agree. Nonetheless, the acting was superb. Linda Darnell's costume at the nightclub scene was a knockout as well as Linda herself. I always thought she was one of Hollywood's best actresses. Thank you for a wonderful upload.

  • @FemiNelson-sb1em
    @FemiNelson-sb1em Місяць тому +38

    Omgosh, Tyrone Power is one of my fav actors. I'm looking forward to watching this movie! Gracias Gracias Gracias. Feliz Fiestas "24". Wishing everyone a Blessed transition into "25" & encourage everyone to stay in prayer, specifically for wisdom, courage, strength & rebuking the energy due to that real possibility of facing hardships in the coming years. Let us help one another WHEN possible & press on in constant prayer. Paz be with us all 🙏. "Sra Isa"

    • @luzvaldes1030
      @luzvaldes1030 29 днів тому

      In Spanish: ‘Felices fiestas ‘

  • @lynneperrigo7551
    @lynneperrigo7551 2 дні тому

    Thank goodness for Warren William and whoever the actress was who played his first secretary. I loved her!

  • @aurorarain1265
    @aurorarain1265 Місяць тому +6

    Very fun! I love Linda! Thank you for posting!😊

  • @tobiramasenju5878
    @tobiramasenju5878 Місяць тому +6

    Thank you for posting this movie. I enjoyed every minute. When men could talk freely about their feelings. I believe if you're good enough nobody can take your man.

  • @1LSWilliam
    @1LSWilliam 5 днів тому

    So witty and original with great acting and superb script.

  • @theoneandonly1158
    @theoneandonly1158 7 днів тому

    I love it. Thank you.

  • @gratti0370
    @gratti0370 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you!!

  • @cathyoutland8354
    @cathyoutland8354 24 дні тому +3

    Such natural talent. Miss all the classic movies. Today we have Kardashians and Puff Diddy disgusting trash. Hollywoke has gone into the toilet. Thanks for sharing all these movies 🎬

  • @kathyflorcruz552
    @kathyflorcruz552 4 дні тому +1

    11:15 What the heck is that decoration on the pedestal? A porcelain head of cabbage? 🤔 Man alive what a cool apartment this is..unusual chandelier too. Love alll of the lamps with prisms & the materials & designs of the couch & dining room set. ✨️✨️ But there's another WEIRD fixture/sculpture on the wall that looks like a mutant something at 23:45!! What the heck? 😅

  • @kathyflorcruz552
    @kathyflorcruz552 4 дні тому +1

    Good Charlie Chan line. 😅

  • @vori18
    @vori18 Місяць тому +11

    He bought the secretary presents and perfume.... spent tons of time with her and canceled on his wife repeatedly. He was absolutely in the wrong .

  • @deefitzgerald2906
    @deefitzgerald2906 15 днів тому

    What a CUTE Movie…That Young Lady Mary Astor was BEAUTIFUL…

  • @prettyaprilgirl6970
    @prettyaprilgirl6970 15 днів тому +2

    Blanche is my kind of woman ,,she took that shoe off.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @leeann7166
    @leeann7166 Місяць тому +20

    "if a woman can't keep her man than it's her own fault" OMG, how men got a free pass back in those days.

  • @lindamac7465
    @lindamac7465 16 днів тому +1

    Wonderful costumes ❤❤

  • @bonniekathleen6231
    @bonniekathleen6231 Місяць тому +17

    Unbelievable that people behaved like this. A man that acts like that is definitely not in love with his wife.

  • @virginiaalden6477
    @virginiaalden6477 Місяць тому +17

    I don't care who the actor is this story makes him out to be a total jerk!

  • @abeerandamop
    @abeerandamop 9 днів тому +2

    Wrong aspect ratio; everything's squished. Upload setting error.

  • @sheenaghmcmahon9665
    @sheenaghmcmahon9665 Місяць тому +15

    Very funny and Tyrone, as well as being incredibly handsome, was such a gifted actor. But, roofing contractors do not live in huge, expensive apartments filled with expensive furniture. I wonder why the writer chose this profession rather than a realistic one for someone who lives in a huge apartment and has household staff?

    • @kittyfeline6857
      @kittyfeline6857 Місяць тому +4

      The company was a roofing specialist co. , like probably designing or manufacturing.

    • @elaineglendinning9297
      @elaineglendinning9297 Місяць тому +4

      Maybe one of them received a legacy. Maybe use your imagination.

    • @sheenaghmcmahon9665
      @sheenaghmcmahon9665 Місяць тому +2

      @@kittyfeline6857 Thanks.

    • @poorthing
      @poorthing Місяць тому +6

      This is Hollywood....nothing is real!
      Linda waking up...full makeup, perfect hair, Satin robe- no wrinkly pjs

    • @kathyflorcruz552
      @kathyflorcruz552 4 дні тому

      Specialized roofing of skyscrapers & subdivisions of big houses? Yes. Contractor's can make big bank if they're THAT good.

  • @shaziaqamar9117
    @shaziaqamar9117 7 днів тому

    Simple and lovable

  • @bigal3248
    @bigal3248 Місяць тому +5

    The Lone Wolf is playing true to form..

  • @patsysmothermon7861
    @patsysmothermon7861 Місяць тому +4

    Making him sleep on the couch IS HALIRIOUS 😂😂

  • @rootsrockers109
    @rootsrockers109 Місяць тому +5

    Not the best movie, but Tyrone is so handsome i kept watching. He is great in comic roles. Just like Cary Grant. ❤

    • @kathleengill994
      @kathleengill994 Місяць тому +1

      Both gay and I don’t have a problem with that 😊

    • @rootsrockers109
      @rootsrockers109 Місяць тому

      @kathleengill994 gay? Tyrone? Never heard that before

  • @MatthewWilliams-te2el
    @MatthewWilliams-te2el 19 днів тому +1

    Worth watching for gorgeous Tyrone Power. Sad no lovely Mary Aston though.

    • @lynneperrigo7551
      @lynneperrigo7551 2 дні тому

      Yes - that plot summary is slightly off also. Warren William's wife was not played by Mary Astor and she has no "evolving sense of self worth" because she was barely in the film. Also - no one was named Terry! Weird.

  • @rubynavarro7563
    @rubynavarro7563 Місяць тому +4

    Beautiful movie thanks

  • @c.f.384
    @c.f.384 Місяць тому +7

    Can't you post this movie without the horizontal stretch? It's not meant to be widescreen. It makes everything look squashed. To me that makes a movie unwatchable.

  • @yhwhtlc9217
    @yhwhtlc9217 Місяць тому +2

    The plot written in the description is wrong. Mary Astor is not in this movie
    Plot-
    After Jane Norton (Linda Darnell) inadvertently discovers that Ken. (Tyrone Power), her husband of two years, is dallying with his beautiful secretary , she decides to turn the tables by applying for a job as secretary to philandering architect Bernard Dexter, an associate of her husband. Despite cynical advice from her friend Blanche, a three-time divorcée, Jane stays one step ahead of the amorous Dexter and uses Ken's jealousy to get him to renounce his extra-marital indiscretions.

    • @lynneperrigo7551
      @lynneperrigo7551 2 дні тому

      Thanks. It's like two different movies were squished together in the poster's plot summary. I wonder if the other movie exists - the details were so weirdly specific while being totally wrong. I'm going in to research mode...

  • @vori18
    @vori18 Місяць тому +3

    Of course it is also the secretarys fault! She knew he was married!

  •  Місяць тому +16

    Mary Astor is not in this movie. You should do less posing and more homework.

    • @atthebijou8209
      @atthebijou8209 Місяць тому

      HOW DOES THIS EVEN HAPPEN????????????????????????

    • @Enthusiasmisgood
      @Enthusiasmisgood Місяць тому

      You might be right but this post is mean.

    • @ohsweetmystery
      @ohsweetmystery Місяць тому +1

      @@EnthusiasmisgoodYeah, I agree, who cares?

    • @tarsheilamathews7697
      @tarsheilamathews7697 17 днів тому +1

      The nerve

    • @randyacuna5643
      @randyacuna5643 15 днів тому

      I say, do your homework! Get your list of casting right, this only shows you don't care.

  • @myraheaton6420
    @myraheaton6420 13 днів тому +1

    So cute

  • @atthebijou8209
    @atthebijou8209 Місяць тому +6

    Mary Astor can't be bothered to turn in her grave so I'm posting this for her. how dare you take her name in vain!

  • @sheibanineda2488
    @sheibanineda2488 Місяць тому +3

    Rouald Dahl short story about the pawn ticket re the fur coat😂😂

    • @davidb8731
      @davidb8731 19 днів тому

      Yes rewritten as Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat, used both by Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Tales of the Unexpected but presented rather more darkly!

  • @almamoore8446
    @almamoore8446 Місяць тому +1

    Glad for our special care of our children, let us wake up to the needs of them while we can.

  • @Trenchant468
    @Trenchant468 21 день тому +1

    30:00 She’s reading The Rains Came which was made into a movie with a Myrna Loy in 1939.

  • @crystalawen
    @crystalawen 5 днів тому +1

    What a delightful lot of entertaining nonsense !

  • @josephinebuono9200
    @josephinebuono9200 20 днів тому

    Love Joan Davis in this!

  • @HankandLouie
    @HankandLouie 29 днів тому +3

    The synopsis of the film is all wrong, plus there's no Mary Astor.

  • @ivyroses4380
    @ivyroses4380 17 днів тому

    Linda Darnell was 16 years old here. Also She was no stick figure.. I like that. this was before they started with the starving themselves to death.

  • @davidjackson7281
    @davidjackson7281 Місяць тому +9

    No Mary Astor!

    • @eddie1235
      @eddie1235 Місяць тому +1

      Her name didn't appear in opening credits. A fun farce movie which today would be way politically incorrect. But taken as it was, who could find too much to fault.

    • @atthebijou8209
      @atthebijou8209 Місяць тому +1

      IMAGINE MY DISAPPOINTMENT

    • @atthebijou8209
      @atthebijou8209 Місяць тому +2

      @@eddie1235 glacial pace, banal camerawork, laborious bits by Tyrone who can't do comedy. only bright light Joan Davis and supporting players.

  • @birdznbeezz
    @birdznbeezz Місяць тому +2

    Mary Astor is not in this movie...😮

  • @Johnnyk999
    @Johnnyk999 Місяць тому +2

    Darnell was great in the part. Amazing that she was just a teenager of 16 yrs! I don't see that as something that would happen in today's world.

  • @batshuayaddah1567
    @batshuayaddah1567 Місяць тому +3

    Too long of a synopsis. You're giving the movie away. Write one or two sentences only

  • @cindymorris564
    @cindymorris564 27 днів тому

    After the news that most of these famous stars were gay, I cant seem to watch these old time movies anymore (though I am old-time myself). Not against them being gay, it just ruins it for me.

  • @melissakalloway1916
    @melissakalloway1916 15 днів тому +2

    Ridiculous plot.

  • @richardlee8495
    @richardlee8495 Місяць тому +5

    Mary Astor was not in this. why are you billing her? be careful, guy, your mistakes are always evident to those who know more.

  • @Cobbmtngirl
    @Cobbmtngirl 12 днів тому

    They were way too into furs back then.

  • @marcbahn5487
    @marcbahn5487 Місяць тому +1

    What's up with this? I came to see Mary Astor.

  • @filevans
    @filevans 8 днів тому +1

    Stop stretching the picture, lDl0T

  • @virginia9776
    @virginia9776 Місяць тому +1

    La parte di Tyron è ridicola e della moglie irreale, ma penso che sia abbastanza divertente.

    • @luzvaldes1030
      @luzvaldes1030 29 днів тому +2

      Io preferisco vedere a Sofia e Marcello

  • @can58-v4k
    @can58-v4k Місяць тому +11

    what a stupid movie

    • @virtuallyme2518
      @virtuallyme2518 Місяць тому +2

      Oh my god… I thought the same… unbelievable nonsense!

    • @pravinasings8254
      @pravinasings8254 Місяць тому +1

      Old values, from another time.

    • @diannemiller1895
      @diannemiller1895 Місяць тому +3

      Yes, 1939 corny. Maybe was first for Linda and Tyrone. He sure was a beautiful man❤

    • @KerrieKruegner
      @KerrieKruegner Місяць тому +1

      Yes not the best movie
      Hasn’t aged well Very cringe I think it’s supposed to be a comedy but🥴

    • @KerrieKruegner
      @KerrieKruegner Місяць тому

      @@pravinasings8254No values ! Embarrassing