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Woman's World

  • 19541954
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  • 1h 34m
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Lauren Bacall, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Arlene Dahl, Fred MacMurray, Cornel Wilde, and Clifton Webb in Woman's World (1954)
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An executive plans to fill a high-ranking position by interviewing the candidates' wives.An executive plans to fill a high-ranking position by interviewing the candidates' wives.An executive plans to fill a high-ranking position by interviewing the candidates' wives.
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    • Jean Negulesco
  • Writers
    • Claude Binyon
    • Russel Crouse
    • Howard Lindsay
  • Stars
    • Van Heflin
    • Lauren Bacall
    • Cornel Wilde
    • Jean Negulesco
  • Writers
    • Claude Binyon
    • Russel Crouse
    • Howard Lindsay
  • Stars
    • Van Heflin
    • Lauren Bacall
    • Cornel Wilde
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    • 31User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Woman's World (1954)
    Lauren Bacall, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Cornel Wilde, and Clifton Webb in Woman's World (1954)
    Arlene Dahl in Woman's World (1954)
    Van Heflin, Fred MacMurray, Cornel Wilde, and Clifton Webb in Woman's World (1954)
    June Allyson and Cornel Wilde in Woman's World (1954)
    Lauren Bacall and Cornel Wilde in Woman's World (1954)
    Van Heflin, Fred MacMurray, Cornel Wilde, and Clifton Webb in Woman's World (1954)
    Van Heflin, Fred MacMurray, Cornel Wilde, and Clifton Webb in Woman's World (1954)
    Van Heflin and Arlene Dahl in Woman's World (1954)
    Cornel Wilde in Woman's World (1954)
    Lauren Bacall and Fred MacMurray in Woman's World (1954)
    Van Heflin and Arlene Dahl in Woman's World (1954)

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    Van Heflin
    Van Heflin
    • Jerry Talbot
    Lauren Bacall
    Lauren Bacall
    • Elizabeth Burns
    Cornel Wilde
    Cornel Wilde
    • Bill Baxter
    Clifton Webb
    Clifton Webb
    • Ernest Gifford
    June Allyson
    June Allyson
    • Katie Baxter
    Fred MacMurray
    Fred MacMurray
    • Sidney Burns
    Arlene Dahl
    Arlene Dahl
    • Carol Talbot
    Elliott Reid
    Elliott Reid
    • Tony Andrews
    Margalo Gillmore
    Margalo Gillmore
    • Mrs. Evelyn Andrews
    Alan Reed
    Alan Reed
    • Tomaso
    David Hoffman
    David Hoffman
    • Jabernowski
    John Alban
    • Executive Reception Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Astran
    • Cab Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Rodney Bell
    • Executive Reception Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Billie Bird
    Billie Bird
    • Woman in Bargain Basement
    • (uncredited)
    George Boyce
    • Executive Reception Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bradley
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Tex Brodus
    • Executive Reception Guest
    • (uncredited)
      • Jean Negulesco
    • Writers
      • Claude Binyon
      • Russel Crouse
      • Howard Lindsay
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    • Trivia
      The portrait at the center of Gifford's wall of paintings of his romantic conquests is the one of Gene Tierney used in "Laura" (1944), which was Clifton Webb's first full-length talking picture and the first for which he earned an Oscar nomination.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Katie is looking in the Macy's windows, the street scene behind her does not change when she moves from one window to another. The same rear projection continued to play for both windows.
    • Connections
      Featured in La noche de...: Negociador (2016)
    • Soundtracks
      It's a Woman's World
      Music by Cyril J. Mockridge

      Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

      Performed by The Four Aces

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    Car Lover's Alert
    Last night I saw Woman's World: The plot concerns three hot shot salesmen who have been summoned to New York for consideration as the general manager of a fictional automobile company. They salesmen are asked to bring their wives along as the company president believes his executives need the proper kind of wife to be an effective senior manager. Much intrigue, drama, and hilarity ensue.

    Ford motor company participated significantly in this movie. In addition to a large number of 1954 Ford products, the movie featured two Ford fiftieth anniversary concept cars from 1953: the X-100 and the XL-500

    At the beginning of the movie, one couple is shown driving to New York in a Mercury Monterey.

    The lead character played by Clifton Web is the president of 'Gifford Motors. Gifford Motors' cars all resemble Ford Motor Company cars. In one scene, the lobby of the Gifford building is shown with the X-100 and the XL-500 displayed. A Gifford manager is demonstrating the features of the X-100 to a member of the public. The Plexiglas roof panel is shown automatically sliding into position as the windows rise to prevent the interior from being damaged in case it rained while the car was left open. Apparently this was a big problem in the 50s as 'automatically closing in case of rain' was a feature of many concept cars including the Buick LeSabre.

    Later, the three wives are given a tour of New York in the X-100 with street scenes of the car in front of the New York Public Library and the United Nations among other locations.

    Throughout the movie, company executives come and go in a Lincoln sedan and a convertible.

    In one scene the president take the three potential general managers to the 'proving grounds' where we see a variety of Fords whizzing around a banked oval at high speeds with appropriate sound effects.

    Another scene shows a futuristic feature being demonstrated by three large-scale tabletop models of prototype cars: one model drives forward, stops, makes a whirring sound, and then moves sideways into a parking space between the other two models. Presumably it was lowering dolly wheels when it made the whirring sound. This was a 50s approach to solving the age-old parallel parking problem for which solutions are still being pursued today – see the latest Lexus automatic parallel parking feature. A boardroom scene also shows a tabletop model although it's not clear if it's different from the previous three. There is also a scene in the interior design department with many prototype seats of varying color and design.

    In addition to being a great movie, it is a real treat for lovers of early 50s Ford products.
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      • September 30, 1954 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Mill Neck Manor, Mill Neck, Long Island, New York, USA
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
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