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6.1/10   355 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Rachel Crothers (play)
Anita Loos (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 June 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Saint...or Screwball?
Plot:
Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A hilarious Joan Crawford performance -- who knew? more (16 total)

Cast

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Joan Crawford ... Susan Trexel

Fredric March ... Barrie Trexel
Ruth Hussey ... Charlotte
John Carroll ... Clyde Rochester

Rita Hayworth ... Leonora Stubbs
Nigel Bruce ... Hutchins Stubbs
Bruce Cabot ... Michael O'Hara
Rose Hobart ... Irene Burroughs
Constance Collier ... Lady Millicent Wigstaff
Rita Quigley ... Blossom Trexel
Gloria DeHaven ... Enid
Richard Crane ... Bob Kent (as Richard O. Crane)
Norma Mitchell ... Hazel Paige
Marjorie Main ... Mary Maloney

Aldrich Bowker ... Patrick Maloney
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Gay Mrs. Trexel (UK)
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Runtime:
117 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The play originally opened on 10 April 1937 in Princeton, New Jersey, and moved to New York City, New York on 7 October 1937 where it ran for 288 performances. Gertrude Lawrence played the role of Susan. more
Quotes:
Mary Maloney: Gazing around the dark, gloomy entryway of the house. "Look at this hallway, frighten Dracula." more
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Soundtrack:
Goodnight, Sweetheart more

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6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
A hilarious Joan Crawford performance -- who knew?, 9 April 2008
Author: William222 from United States

Having just watched the amazing A WOMAN'S FACE, ran across this comment thread and I am so glad to see this title has fervent admirers. I am definitely one. Watched it many years ago and was absolutely floored by Joan's performance in this, as atypical for her as A WOMAN'S FACE but in a completely different direction, high comedy. It is one of the all-time greatest comedic performances in my book, and yet remains tragically obscure, in both her and Cukor's filmographies. Of course, it is so over-the-top that it runs the risk of being pigeonholed as just another campy Joan Crawford display, and yet if you cast out your preconceptions about her you will see a multi-layered characterization that is at once absurd yet never condescending, expertly timed delivery that seems totally effortless. I simply cannot wait for a DVD of this!

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