The Women

'The Women', 1939

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

Director

George Cukor

Runtime

133 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Keywords

all female cast, female bonding, nail polish, beauty salon, divorce

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The Women

George Cukor, 1939

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Aspect ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White | Color (Technicolor) (one sequence)

Screening formats

35 mm

Awards

Online Film & Television Association

Winner

2020

Motion Picture

Gold Derby Award

Storyline

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband). While they are at Lucy's dude ranch, Fowler arrives for her own divorce and the Countess meets fifth husband-to-be Buck. Back in New York, Mary's ex is now unhappily married to Crystal who is already in an affair with Buck. When Sylvia lets this story slip at an exclusive nightclub, Crystal brags of her plans for a still wealthier marriage, only to find the Countess is the source of all Buck's money. Crystal must return to the perfume counter and Mary runs back to her husband.

Summary

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

Synopsis

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband). While they are at Lucy's dude ranch, Fowler arrives for her own divorce and the Countess meets fifth husband-to-be Buck. Back in New York, Mary's ex is now unhappily married to Crystal who is already in an affair with Buck. When Sylvia lets this story slip at an exclusive nightclub, Crystal brags of her plans for a still wealthier marriage, only to find the Countess is the source of all Buck's money. Crystal must return to the perfume counter and Mary runs back to her husband.

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Cast & crew

Cast

Norma Shearer

Actor/Actress

Joan Crawford

Actor/Actress

Rosalind Russell

Actress

Crew

Director

Clare Boothe Luce

Screenwriter

Anita Loos

Screenwriter

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