The Women
Warner Bros. (1939)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
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IMDB   7.8
133 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Norma Shearer Mrs. Stephen Haines
Joan Crawford Crystal Allen
Rosalind Russell Mrs. Howard Fowler
Mary Boland The Countess De Lave
Paulette Goddard Miriam Aarons
Phyllis Povah Mrs. Phelps Potter
Joan Fontaine Mrs. John Day
Virginia Weidler Little Mary
Lucile Watson Mrs. Morehead
Marjorie Main Lucy
Virginia Grey Pat
Ruth Hussey Miss Watts
Muriel Hutchison Jane
Hedda Hopper Dolly Dupuyster
Florence Nash Nancy Blake
Cora Witherspoon Mrs. Van Adams
Ann Morriss Exercise instructress
Dennie Moore Olga
Mary Cecil Maggie
Mary Beth Hughes Miss Trimmerback
Dorothy Adams Miss Atkinson
Ruth Alder Woman under sunlamp
Mariska Aldrich Singing teacher
Meeka Aldrich Masseuse
Barbara Jo Allen Receptionist
Judith Allen Corset model
Maude Allen Cyclist
Effie Anderson Nurse
Mary Anderson Young girl
Dorothy Appleby Treatment girl
Director
George Cukor
Producer Hunt Stromberg
Diane English
Writer/Composer Anita Loos
Donald Ogden Stewart
Jane Murfin
Clare Boothe Luce
Cinematography Oliver T. Marsh
Joseph Ruttenberg
Music Edward Ward
David Snell


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).
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1