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Release Date:
1 September 1939 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Female Of The Species . . . when the men aren't watching ! more
Plot:
Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler...
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1 win
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Norma Shearer: Proudly and Inescapably Neurotic
(From Alt Film Guide. 28 November 2009, 1:56 PM, PST)
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(From Alt Film Guide. 28 November 2009, 1:56 PM, PST)
William Castle Film Collection Comes To DVD October 20th!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Norma Shearer | ... | Mrs. Stephen Haines (Mary) | |
| Joan Crawford | ... | Crystal Allen | |
| Rosalind Russell | ... | Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia) | |
| Mary Boland | ... | The Countess De Lave | |
| Paulette Goddard | ... | Miriam Aarons | |
| Phyllis Povah | ... | Mrs. Phelps Potter (Edith) | |
| Joan Fontaine | ... | Mrs. John Day (Peggy) | |
| Virginia Weidler | ... | Little Mary | |
| Lucile Watson | ... | Mrs. Morehead | |
| Marjorie Main | ... | Lucy | |
| Virginia Grey | ... | Pat (perfume counter clerk) | |
| Ruth Hussey | ... | Miss Watts (Stephen's secretary) | |
| Muriel Hutchison | ... | Jane (Mary's maid) | |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Dolly Dupuyster (columnist) | |
| Florence Nash | ... | Nancy Blake |
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Runtime:
133 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
France:U |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
UK:A (original rating) (1939) |
UK:U (re-rating) (2004) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #5546)
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Myrna Loy and Greta Garbo were the only top-tier female stars at MGM who did not star in this film, although Loy was considered for the role of Crystal Allen.
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Continuity: When Mary is reading in bed, the early long shots show the lamp on the left side of the bed to be a male figurineand the one on the right to be a female. In the close-ups the lamp on the left of the bed has changed and is female.
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Quotes:
Peggy Day:
I wish I could make a little money writing the way you do.
Nancy Blake: If you wrote the way I do, that's just what you'd make.
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Nancy Blake: If you wrote the way I do, that's just what you'd make.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
I Cried for You
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Is "The Women" based on a book?Do Mary and Stephen get back together at the end of the movie?
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"The Women" owes its appeal to the great George Cukor. Without him, it would certainly have been a different movie. Because of his direction this is a Hollywood classic at its best.
They certainly don't make pictures like this anymore. Imagine what it would have cost to have a first rate cast to fill the shoes of all these women in today's Hollywood? It would probably be so prohibitive that no one in the present climate would touch it with a ten foot pole.
"The Women", as written by Clare Booth Luce for the stage, was a delicious comedy about New York society, as it was in the late 30s. Of course, by today's standards, this is a very chaste take on that subject. Had it been done today, it would have been done entirely different and the excellent text by Ms. Luce would have probably been thrown away to satisfy the taste of contemporary audiences.
Norma Shearer was excellent as Mary Haines, the suffering wife, who has no clue of how her husband has fallen to the charms of Crystal Allen, beautifully played by Joan Crawford. Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine and the rest of the cast seem to be having a lot of fun while playing these women.
One thing does come clear, those women had a style and a sophistication well beyond the times they lived. It's very clear that Claire Booth Luce was well ahead of it all, as she had an understanding for what was going on around her. What a thrill it must have been to have been around New York in that glamorous era!
Women: Love them, as we cannot live without them!