Female (1933)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Donald Henderson Clarke (story)
Gene Markey (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

11 November 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Alison is owner and successful manager of an automobile factory. She also has a good relation to her employees - especially the male ones...

Plot Keywords:

Factory | Automobile Factory | Detective | Engineer | Secretary

Cast

Ruth Chatterton	...	Alison Drake
George Brent	...	Jim Thorne
Lois Wilson	...	Harriet Brown
Johnny Mack Brown	...	George P. Cooper
Ruth Donnelly	...	Miss Frothingham
Ferdinand Gottschalk	...	Pettigrew
Phillip Reed	...	Freddie Claybourne
Gavin Gordon	...	Briggs
Kenneth Thomson	...	Red, Alison's Dance Partner at Party
Huey White	...	Puggy, Alison's Chauffeur
Douglass Dumbrille	...	George Mumford (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Spencer Charters	...	Tom, a Doorman

Runtime:

60 min | Germany:58 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Ennis House - 2607 Glendower Avenue, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The exterior of Alison Drake's house was shot on location at the famous Ennis House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Quotes:

Alison Drake: I know for some women, men are a household necessity; myself, I'd rather have a canary.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

You're Getting To Be a Habit With Me

a winner she was, 'till they made her cry...

I think that this was one of the most incredible and yet most under-rated films for it's time. For even though they ended with the woman succumbing to the whim of man and the traditional "woman's role", it still spoke miles for the woman. She was strong, brave, and did everything that a man could do and wasn't ashamed and had they only kept her going she could have been great. In fact, she could have won. But did she really lose? I don't think so, because maybe it showed something more about the female mystique, something that people missed because they thought that it only showed how a woman in power breaks down under pressure. What if they were really trying to show something deeper...I don't know now I am getting lost...too many things going through my mind to explain. Nonetheless, I do know that I was in awe after watching this film and it has had a lasting impression on me ever since.