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9 October 1959 (USA) moreTagline:
THESE ARE THE GIRLS who want the best of everything... but often settle for a lot less! morePlot:
An expose of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher ups. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
A perennial favorite that is always enjoyable to view. moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Hope Lange | ... | Caroline Bender | |
| Stephen Boyd | ... | Mike Rice | |
| Suzy Parker | ... | Gregg Adams | |
| Martha Hyer | ... | Barbara Lamont | |
| Diane Baker | ... | April Morrison | |
| Brian Aherne | ... | Fred Shalimar | |
| Robert Evans | ... | Dexter Key | |
| Brett Halsey | ... | Eddie Harris | |
| Donald Harron | ... | Sidney Carter | |
| Sue Carson | ... | Mary Agnes | |
| Linda Hutchings | ... | Jane | |
| Lionel Kane | ... | Paul Landers | |
| Ted Otis | ... | Dr. Ronnie Wood | |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | David Savage | |
| Joan Crawford | ... | Amanda Farrow |
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121 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)Fun Stuff
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In the first scene of the film, Caroline (Hope Lange) is reading a "Help Wanted - Female" ad in the paper which shows the real-life address of the building in front of which she is standing and later goes to work. This is the famous Seagram Building in NYC at 375 Park Avenue. moreGoofs:
Errors in geography: A huge palm tree is visible during a company picnic supposedly set on an estate near New York City--a botanical impossibility. moreQuotes:
Caroline Bender: What is it about women like us that make you hold us so cheaply? Aren't we the special ones from the best homes and the best colleges? I know the world outside isn't full of rainbows and happy endings, but to you, aren't we even decent? moreSoundtrack:
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I first saw this film in 1959 at the Hoyts Double Bay cinema in Sydney when fifteen years old. I loved it then and still do. The ensemble cast is great - in those days the actors acted "naturally" and you "felt" for them in the respective roles. A "glossy" film of the period -the relationships therein still relevant to today's world but now the sexes are on the same level, women would not or should not allow the type of treatment displayed in the past. The soundtrack music is wonderful and it is a delight that Film Score Monthly released the CD in January, 2005. Pity scenes were cut prior to release - even at two hours you want more! I have registered with Amazon for the DVD (they do now have a special page). To view this film in CinemaScope after forty six years of pan and scan will be great. Twentieth Century Fox, please look further into your catalogers of fifties CinemaScope productions for DVD - there IS a large market out there. I await arrival from US of March, 2004 Vanity Fair Special article on the film, which is said to be fifteen pages with many photos on set. Cheers.