Model Wife (Universal). Year ago the American Mothers Society of New York decided that blonde, bumpy Joan Blondell was America's Most Glamorous Mother. This year they reaffirmed their decision, commissioned a sculptor to preserve Mother Blondell in bronze. This was Universal's cue to acquaint cinemagoers with the marital charms of their beglamored star.
In Model Wife, however, Miss Blondell is not a mother. She is a stenographer who spends most of her time avoiding the advances of her boss's son and keeping her marriage to boyish Dick Powell secret (the boss would fire...