What a Woman! (1943)

Director:

Irving Cummings

Writers:

Erik Charell (story), Therese Lewis,

Stars:

Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Willard Parker

Cast

Credited cast:
Rosalind Russell	...	Carol Ainsley
Brian Aherne	...	Henry Pepper
Willard Parker	...	Prof. Michael 'Mike' Cobb
Alan Dinehart	...	Pat O'Shea
Edward Fielding	...	Sen. Howard Ainsley
Ann Savage	...	Jane Hughes
Norma Varden	...	Miss Timmons
Douglas Wood	...	Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer
Grady Sutton	...	Mr. Clark
Lilyan Irene	...	Minna
Frank Dawson	...	Ben
Hobart Cavanaugh	...	Mailman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isabel Withers	...	Telephone Operator

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

university | female executive | scheme | agent

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Taglines:

THE MERRIEST AND MADDEST OF MAN-HUNTS! (original print ad - all caps)

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 December 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ten Percent Woman

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shelley Winters's first film.

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Quotes

Carol Ainsley: I've got to take him out to Hollywood and see that he's properly launched.
Sen. Howard Ainsley: Couldn't you just crack a bottle over his head?

User Reviews

Don't They Know There's a War On?

This mildly preposterous riff on the by now standard Rosalind Russell comedy -- high powered woman executive meets easy-going, mildly contemptuous bohemian and falls into frilly love by the end of the fifth reel -- winds along its well-greased way in a mildly bemused fashion. Long-time pro, Irving Cummings directs this well enough, but only Miss Russell puts any oomph into her role and the visuals mainly seem concerned with her head, making sure that she has an odd looking hat or hairdo that seems to change with every scene. She wears some dynamite dresses also; credit Travis Banton for the dresses. He seems to have specialized in gowning Carole Lombard in her movies.

Everyone seems to be giving it the old college try, but by now the formula had grown pretty tired, sustained only by war time movie attendance and some hope that all those Rosies out there, busy riveting together planes and battleships would be able to spend their times in silly hats once the war was over and men like Brian Aherne would be free of the restrictions of bow ties.