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The Women (1939)
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A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women. Director:George Cukor |
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| Norma Shearer | ... | ||
| Joan Crawford | ... | ||
| Rosalind Russell | ... | ||
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Mary Boland | ... | |
| Paulette Goddard | ... | ||
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Phyllis Povah | ... | |
| Joan Fontaine | ... | ||
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Virginia Weidler | ... | |
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Lucile Watson | ... | |
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Marjorie Main | ... | |
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Virginia Grey | ... |
Pat (perfume counter clerk)
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Ruth Hussey | ... | |
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Muriel Hutchison | ... |
Jane (Mary's maid)
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| Hedda Hopper | ... | ||
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Florence Nash | ... | |
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Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband). While they are at Lucy's dude ranch, Fowler arrives for her own divorce and the Countess meets fifth husband-to-be Buck. Back in New York, Mary's ex is now unhappily married to Crystal who is already in an affair with Buck. When Sylvia lets this story slip at a country club dinner, Crystal brags of her plans for a still wealthier marriage, only to find the Countess is the source of all Buck's money. Crystal must return to the perfume counter and Mary runs back to her husband. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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The Female Of The Species . . . when the men aren't watching ! See more »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mujeres See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,688,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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their characters are revealed by images of various animals. See more »
(uncredited)
Music by Sam H. Stept
Lyrics by Sidney Clare
One line sung a cappella by Norma Shearer See more »
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Trivia
In addition to its all-female cast, every animal that was used in the film (the many dogs and horses) was female as well. In addition, none of the works of art seen in the backgrounds were representative of the male form. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Mary is on the phone with Stephen during the lunch party, she puts a cigarette in her mouth and strikes a match, lighting it, the cigarette doesn't light, and she holds the unlit thing through the rest of the conversation. When they cut to long shot of her hanging up the phone, the cigarette is smoking, and she stabs it out in an ashtray. See more »Quotes
Woman at party: So he says 'I gotta go home on Sunday.' So I says 'Why do you got to?' So he says 'they always expect me home on Easter Sunday.' So I say, 'what do they expect you to do? Lay an egg?'"See more »
Crazy Credits
In the opening credits, before the photo images of the actresses are shown,their characters are revealed by images of various animals. See more »
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Referenced in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) See more »Soundtracks
"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"(uncredited)
Music by Sam H. Stept
Lyrics by Sidney Clare
One line sung a cappella by Norma Shearer See more »
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