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Female (1933)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. Director:Michael Curtiz |
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George Brent | ... |
Jim Thorne
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Lois Wilson | ... |
Harriet
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Ruth Donnelly | ... |
Miss Frothingham
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Pettigrew
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Freddie Claybourne
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Gavin Gordon | ... |
Briggs
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Kenneth Thomson | ... |
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Huey White | ... |
Puggy
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George Mumford
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Alison is owner and successful manager of an automobile factory. She also has a good relation to her employees - especially the male ones, which she is known to invite to her bed for some time and then dump quickly. Only the inventor Jim Thorne refuses her offers - will she fire or marry him? Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 November 1933 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Boß ist eine schöne Frau See more »Filming Locations:
Ennis-Brown House - 2655 Glendower Avenue, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$286,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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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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(1928) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as background music during the hamburger scene
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The pool is the same one that can be seen in the musical number "By a Waterfall" from the Warner Bros. production "Footlight Parade", also released 1933. In this film, the scenes there are photographed with a different camera angle and while reusing the song "Shanghai Lil" from that other film. See more »Goofs
Approx 4 minutes in: (While Alison is talking with Harrier Brown) The placement of the crane, and the puffs of dark smoke outside the window change abruptly; it is obvious that the filming was not done in a continuous take. See 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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Soundtracks
"Old Man Sunshine (Little Boy Bluebird)"(1928) (uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played as background music during the hamburger scene
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I am indebted to others on this site to learn that Mr Curtiz was by no means the only director involved in this film, that the sprightly Ruth Chatterton was 41 and married to her co-star at the time of shooting. I also might not have been aware of the Frank Lloyd Wright architecture on display but what I wouldn't have needed any prompting on was just how much fun this movie is. Chatterton as head of a major company employing many men rather enjoys suggesting overtime in her room at night and then, astonishingly, tossing a cushion onto the floor to get the message across. Great cars, great buildings, some amazing dialogue and some eye popping moments as our leading lady goes from hard and calculating, to assured and seductive before rejecting all this manly stuff and reverting to being female and married and all that stuff. Most enjoyable, audiences at the time must have sat mouth agape.