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The Opposite Sex (1956)
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Release Date:
29 April 1957 (Sweden)
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Tagline:
M-G-M's FUN-FILLED GIRLIE SHOW -- WITH MUSIC! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, married ten years and mother of a young daughter, is informed...
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
(From WENN. 11 July 2006)
Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
(From WENN. 10 July 2006)
(From WENN. 11 July 2006)
Actress June Allyson Dies at 88
(From WENN. 10 July 2006)
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You can't improve on perfection and this movie proves it!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| June Allyson | ... | Kay Hilliard | |
| Joan Collins | ... | Crystal Allen | |
| Dolores Gray | ... | Sylvia Fowler | |
| Ann Sheridan | ... | Amanda Penrose | |
| Ann Miller | ... | Gloria Dell | |
| Leslie Nielsen | ... | Steve Hilliard | |
| Jeff Richards | ... | Buck Winston | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Countess D'Brion | |
| Charlotte Greenwood | ... | Lucy | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Edith Potter | |
| Sam Levene | ... | Mike Pearl | |
| Bill Goodwin | ... | Howard Fowler | |
| Alice Pearce | ... | Olga | |
| Barbara Jo Allen | ... | Dolly DeHaven | |
| Sandy Descher | ... | Debbie Hilliard |
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USA:117 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Perspecta Stereo |
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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MGM originally wanted Esther Williams to star in this movie, but she didn't want any part in it.
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Continuity: Toward the end where "Kay" says that she has had a year to grow claws, "Jungle Red!" She holds up her hands, but her nails are not red. When she arrives at the nightclub, still no red nails, but later - same evening, same nightclub - her nails are red.
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Quotes:
Gloria Dell:
Do you want me to spit in Crystal's eye for you?
Kay Hilliard: Kay nods "No."
Gloria Dell: You're passing up a big chance, 'cause where I spit no grass grows ever.
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Kay Hilliard: Kay nods "No."
Gloria Dell: You're passing up a big chance, 'cause where I spit no grass grows ever.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Frauen in New York (1977) (TV)
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Yellow Gold
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"The Women" is one of the true treasures of old black & white movies.There was not one role miscast and the snappy,witty script has not been duplicated in another all female movie and still holds up today!That said this movie is 100% miscast,misdirected and the script is dull & flat even though it includes many lines from the original play & movie.I really felt sorry for Ann Miller,wasted in the Paulette Goddard role who neither gets to sing nor dance in this musical remake! While the tone-deaf, off-key June Allyson(Norma Shearer she ain't) gets to sing a few songs while having no chemistry with Leslie.Another thing, who the heck decided to let the Sylvia Fowler character played here by Delores Gray and in 1939 by Rosalind Russell,hook-up with Buck Winston instead of the Countess played by Agnes Moorehead? Another great actress was wasted in her part along with Joan Blondell and Gray too for that matter.I agree with all previous comments that adding men did nothing and actually helped make a dull film duller if that's possible.Skip this tin horror and go for the 1939 gold medal original.