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Director:

Michael Curtiz
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Writers:

Donald Henderson Clarke (story)
Gene Markey (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 November 1933 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance more

Plot:

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer. full summary | add synopsis

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Female President of an Automobile Company! more (15 total)


Cast

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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
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Additional Details

Runtime:

60 min | Germany:58 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

William A. Wellman replaced the original director, William Dieterle, when Dieterle became ill. Michael Curtiz took over as director when Wellman had to start directing College Coach (1933). more

Quotes:

[last lines]
Jim Thorne: What about you?
Alison Drake: Oh, you didn't know? I'm gonna have nine children.
Jim Thorne: Is that all?
Alison Drake: That's all.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more

Soundtrack:

Shanghai Lil more


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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Female President of an Automobile Company!, 14 May 2003
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Author: Richard Graham from Pittsburgh, PA

This is a wonderful movie! The Art Deco sets are great - especially Miss Drake's house. (High up in the entry hall there is a balcony with a live organist!). Here are some facts: The assembly line for the "Drake" automobile is actually footage of the assembly line for the 1932 Plymouth. That beautiful town car she travels in is a Cord L-29 (as it pulls away listen to that beautiful whine of the front-wheel-drive transmission). George Brent drive a 1929 Packard. (Guess my obsession!)

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