The Women (1939)
September 1, 1939Release Date
The Women (1939)
September 1, 1939Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Norma Shearer
Mrs. Stephen Haines (Mary)
Joan Crawford
Crystal Allen
Rosalind Russell
Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia)
Mary Boland
The Countess De Lave (Flora)
Paulette Goddard
Miriam Aarons
Joan Fontaine
Mrs. John Day (Peggy)
Lucile Watson
Mrs. Morehead
Phyllis Povah
Mrs. Phelps Potter (Edith)
Virginia Weidler
Little Mary
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Writer
Donald Ogden Stewart
Writer
Marjorie Main
Lucy
Virginia Grey
Pat
Ruth Hussey
Miss Wattson
George Cukor
Director
Muriel Hutchison
Jane
Clare Boothe Luce
Writer
Anita Loos
Writer
Hedda Hopper
Dolly Dupuyster
Florence Nash
Nancy Blake
Jane Murfin
Writer
Cora Witherspoon
Mrs. Van Adams
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
David Snell
Composer
Ann Morriss
Exercise Instructress
David Snell
Composer
Edward Ward
Composer
Dennie Moore
Olga
Mary Cecil
Maggie
Oliver T. Marsh
Cinematographer
Joseph Ruttenberg
Cinematographer
Mary Beth Hughes
Miss Trimmerback
Dorothy Adams
Miss Atkinson (uncredited)
Robert Kern
Editor
Ruth Alder
Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Mariska Aldrich
Singing Teacher (uncredited)
Meeka Aldrich
Masseuse (uncredited)
Barbara Jo Allen
Receptionist (uncredited)
Judith Allen
Corset Model (uncredited)
Maude Allen
Cyclist (uncredited)
Effie Anderson
Nurse (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
Young Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Appleby
Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
Bunny Beatty
Debutante in Powder Room (uncredited)
May Beatty
Fat Woman / Society Woman (uncredited)
Wilda Bennett
Mrs. Carter (uncredited)
Joan Blair
Miss Atkins (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
Miss St. Claire (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
Mrs. South (uncredited)
Marie Blake
Stockroom Girl (uncredited)
May Boley
Mud Mask (uncredited)
Lilian Bond
Mrs. Erskine (uncredited)
Frederika Brown
Head Saleswoman (uncredited)
Veda Buckland
Woman (uncredited)
Aileen Carlyle
Miss Hicks (uncredited)
Shirley Chambers
Girl in a Bath (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord
Woman Getting Massage (uncredited)
Beatrice Cole
Negligee Model (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
Debutante (uncredited)
Nell Craig
Nurse (uncredited)
Esther Dale
Ingrid (uncredited)
Mary Dees
Girl (uncredited)
Eva Dennison
Old Girl (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
Hairdresser #2 (uncredited)
Dot Farley
Large Woman (uncredited)
Nance Lee Ferrar
Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Flora Finch
Woman Window Tapper (uncredited)
Ruth Findlay
Pedicurist (uncredited)
Agnes Fraser
Debutante (uncredited)
June Gittelson
Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)
Grace Goodall
Head Saleswoman (uncredited)
Rita Gould
Dietician (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
Dowager in Powder Room (uncredited)
Sibyl Harris
Fashion Show Commentator (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
Olive (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Mrs. North / Society Woman (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
Cyclist (uncredited)
Brenda Henderson
Mrs. Jones' Daughter (uncredited)
Jany Hope
Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Joey Hope
Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Virginia Howell
Receptionist (uncredited)
Carol Hughes
Salesgirl at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
Jane Isbell
Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Suzanne Kaaren
Princess Mara (uncredited)
Alice Keating
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Carole Lee Kilbry
Theatrical Child (uncredited)
Carole Lee Kirby
Theatrical Child (uncredited)
Lucia LaCerte
Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Lenita Lane
Mrs. Spencer's Friend (uncredited)
Priscilla Lawson
Hairdresser #1 (uncredited)
Leni Lynn
Edith's Oldest Daughter (uncredited)
Leila McIntyre
Woman with Bundles (uncredited)
Janet McLeay
Girl in Shadowgraph / Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Butterfly McQueen
Lulu (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
Masseuse (uncredited)
Helene Millard
Cosmetic Saleswoman (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Masseuse (uncredited)
Natalie Moorhead
Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
Gertrude Needham
Woman (uncredited)
Hattie Noel
Maid on Train (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien
Euphie (uncredited)
Mimi Olivera
Manicurist (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
Masseuse (uncredited)
Edith Penn
Nurse (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Tough Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Pine
Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Miss Fordyce (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited)
Catherine Proctor
Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph
Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)
Renie Riano
Ugly Saleswoman (uncredited)
Ruth Rickaby
Nurse (uncredited)
Jo Ann Sayers
Debutante (uncredited)
Dorothy Sebastian
Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Peggy Shannon
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Mildred Shay
Crystal's French Maid Helen (uncredited)
Clarice Sherry
Girl (uncredited)
Florence Shirley
Miss Archer (uncredited)
Irene Shirley
Nurse (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Ann Teeman
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Terry
Fighting Dog at Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Charlotte Treadway
Companion Woman (uncredited)
Beryl Wallace
Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Spencer (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
Sadie the Old Maid in Powder Room (uncredited)
Charlotte Wynters
Miss Batchelor (uncredited)
Mary Young
Grandma (uncredited)
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Adrian
Costume Design
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
Budget$1,688,000
Box Office$2,270,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released.
The film stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Mary Boland, Florence Nash, and Virginia Grey. Marjorie Main and Phyllis Povah also appear, reprising their stage roles from the play. Ruth Hussey, Virginia Weidler, Butterfly McQueen, Theresa Harris, and Hedda Hopper also appear in smaller roles. Fontaine was the last surviving actress with a credited role in the film; she died in 2013.
The film continued the play's all-female tradition—the entire cast of more than 130 speaking roles was female. Set in the glamorous Manhattan apartments of high society evoked by Cedric Gibbons, and in Reno, Nevada, where they obtain their divorces, it presents an acidic commentary on the pampered lives and power struggles of various rich, bored wives and other women they come into contact with.
Filmed in black and white, it includes a six-minute fashion parade filmed in Technicolor, featuring Adrian's most outré designs; often cut in modern screenings, it has been restored by Turner Classic Movies. On DVD, the original black-and-white fashion show, which is a different take, is available for the first time.
Throughout The Women, not a single male character is seen or heard. The attention to detail was such that even in props such as portraits, only female figures are represented, and several animals which appeared as pets were also female. The only exceptions are a poster-drawing of a bull in the fashion show segment, a framed portrait of Stephen Haines as a boy, a figurine on Mary's night stand, and an advertisement on the back of the magazine Peggy reads at Mary's house before lunch that contains a photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
In 2007, The Women was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".