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Overview
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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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Awards:
1 win
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(19 articles)
Norma Shearer: Proudly and Inescapably Neurotic
(From Alt Film Guide. 28 November 2009, 1:56 PM, PST)
William Castle Film Collection Comes To DVD October 20th!
(From Icons of Fright. 17 August 2009, 11:17 PM, PDT)
(From Alt Film Guide. 28 November 2009, 1:56 PM, PST)
William Castle Film Collection Comes To DVD October 20th!
(From Icons of Fright. 17 August 2009, 11:17 PM, PDT)
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Divinely Funny
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Cast
(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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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
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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Goofs:
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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I just saw this film for the first time a few months ago. I laughed harder than I remember laughing at anything made in the last twenty years. The Women is brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, and a whole lot of fun! Norma Shearer is such a sympathetic Mrs. Haines, and the "Jungle red" scene had me in laughing fits. I just could not stop the video for anything. Rosalind Russell was so funny! I thought the scene in the exercise room was absolutely hysterical. I've always been a fan of the demeure Joan Fontaine of Rebecca, and I was surprised to see her here, though not surprised that she played the lamb! This film is such a delight. I think anyone of any age would enjoy it.