The Women (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

George Cukor

Escritores:

Clare Boothe Luce (play)
Anita Loos (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 septiembre 1939 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama

Frase comercial:

The Female Of The Species . . . when the men aren't watching !

Plot:

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Dude Ranch | Gossip | Train | Marriage

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Best of the Best!

Reparto

Norma Shearer	...	Mrs. Stephen Haines (Mary)
Joan Crawford	...	Crystal Allen
Rosalind Russell	...	Mrs. Howard Fowler (Sylvia)
Mary Boland	...	The Countess De Lave
Paulette Goddard	...	Miriam Aarons
Phyllis Povah	...	Mrs. Phelps Potter (Edith)
Joan Fontaine	...	Mrs. John Day (Peggy)
Virginia Weidler	...	Little Mary
Lucile Watson	...	Mrs. Morehead
Marjorie Main	...	Lucy
Virginia Grey	...	Pat (perfume counter clerk)
Ruth Hussey	...	Miss Watts (Stephen's secretary)
Muriel Hutchison	...	Jane (Mary's maid)
Hedda Hopper	...	Dolly Dupuyster (columnist)
Florence Nash	...	Nancy Blake

También conocida como:

Mujeres (Spain) [es]

Duración:

133 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

France:U | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Canada:PG (video rating) | UK:A (original rating) (1939) | UK:U (re-rating) (2004) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #5546)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Compañía:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

George Cukor was fired as director of Gone with the Wind (1939) only a month before The Women (1939) was scheduled to begin filming. Producer Hunt Stromberg enlisted Cukor's services immediately upon his sudden availability.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): At the Reno ranch, Countess DeLave exclaims "I've always put my faith in love. Still... I have had four divorces." However, earlier on the train, she had explained that her first husband left her a widow (and left her all his money) and she had only divorced the following three.

Citas:

Crystal Allen: [In tub] Holy mackerel!
[Sarcastically]
Crystal Allen: What a cheerful evening! Oh, I'm so bored!
[Throws sponge and almost hits maid]
Helen,: [Surprised] Monsieur says that it doesn't improve madame's nerves to stay so long in ze water.
Crystal Allen: What'd he mean by that? A crack?
Helen,: Oh... No he did not say is zat way madame.
Crystal Allen: [Smirks] I thought not... I've been Mrs. Stephen Haines for 18 months now without a single squawk.
[laughs softly]
Crystal Allen: That's some sort of a record for Park Avenue!
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

Best of the Best!

This, by far, is the greatest classic bitch film of all time. It can never be equaled. They tried, but failed, when trying to remake it a musical with a less than glamorous casting of the roles made famous by the all-star female cast of the original written by Clare Boothe Luce. George Cukor, the director, had his hands full with the likes of these dames of fame. Each, in their own right, could steal a scene if left up to them, and they tried. But Cukor, held tight to the reins and kept them all in line. The beginning credits were cleverly done with each star being represented by an animal. Norma Shearer, the doe; the delicious Joan Crawford, a tiger; Roz Russell a cat; Paulette Goddard, a fox; Marjorie Main, a mule; Joan Fontaine, a lamb.

My favorite scenes were the fight scene with Goddard and Russell, bath scene with Crawford, and last scene when all THE WOMEN go at it at the ball. With wonderful, crisp dialogue, beautiful costumes designed by Adrian and a stellar cast, you can see the sparks fly in this all-time classic comedy of 1939.