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Rating: 8 stars

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35mm northbrook public library divorce affair new york city high society reno train gossip

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The Women (1939)

Directed by George Cukor

Comedy | Melodrama

Overview

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

Rated NR | Length 133 minutes

Actors

Norma Shearer | Joan Crawford | Rosalind Russell | Mary Boland | Paulette Goddard | Joan Fontaine | Lucile Watson | Phyllis Povah | Virginia Weidler | Marjorie Main | Virginia Grey | Ruth Hussey | Muriel Hutchison | Hedda Hopper | Florence Nash | Cora Witherspoon | Ann Morriss | Dennie Moore | Mary Cecil | Mary Beth Hughes | Dorothy Adams | Ruth Alder | Mariska Aldrich | Meeka Aldrich | Barbara Jo Allen | Judith Allen | Maude Allen | Effie Anderson | Mary Anderson | Dorothy Appleby | Diana Arden | Gertrude Astor | Bunny Beatty | May Beatty | Wilda Bennett | Joan Blair | Gladys Blake | Marie Blake | Betty Blythe | May Boley | Lilian Bond | Frederika Brown | Veda Buckland | Aileen Carlyle | Lucia Carroll | Shirley Chambers | Lita Chevret | Dora Clement | Mabel Colcord | Beatrice Cole | Mildred Coles | Nell Craig | Esther Dale | Mary Dees | Eva Dennison | Estelle Etterre | Dot Farley | Nance Lee Ferrar | Flora Finch | Ruth Findlay | Agnes Fraser | June Gittelson | Grace Goodall | Rita Gould | Grayce Hampton | Sibyl Harris | Theresa Harris | Winifred Harris | Grace Hayle | Brenda Henderson | Jany Hope | Joey Hope | Virginia Howell | Carol Hughes | Jane Isbell | Suzanne Kaaren | Alice Keating | Carole Lee Kilbry | Carole Lee Kirby | Lenita Lane | Priscilla Lawson | Leni Lynn | Leila McIntyre | Janet McLeay | Butterfly McQueen | Greta Meyer | Helene Millard | Sue Moore | Natalie Moorhead | Gertrude Needham | Hattie Noel | Florence O'Brien | Mimi Olivera | Blanche Payson | Edith Penn | Barbara Pepper | Virginia Pine | Hilda Plowright | Aileen Pringle | Catherine Proctor | Isabel Randolph | Renie Riano | Ruth Rickaby | Jo Ann Sayers | Dorothy Sebastian | Peggy Shannon | Mildred Shay | Clarice Sherry | Florence Shirley | Irene Shirley | Gertrude Simpson | Amzie Strickland | Ann Teeman | Terry | Charlotte Treadway | Dorothy Tuttle | Beryl Wallace | Josephine Whittell | Marjorie Wood | Charlotte Wynters | Mary Young

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Very cool to see this movie on the big screen at NPL in 35mm. The print was pretty worn in places but it seemed appropriate. Astonishing film featuring only women suffering the ordeals of high society and cheating husbands in NYC. Even though Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford are at the center of this, the real standout is Rosalind Russell. I also like Joan Fontaine in her supporting role.

Often hilarious to watch how catty these women are to each other yet remain “friends” due to influence and gossip. Some real sharp dialogue. Not sure when I would have sought this one out on mine so I’m glad NPL screened for their George Cukor series.

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