The Women

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"The Women" is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor, celebrated for its all-female ensemble cast and sharp, satirical portrayal of high-society relationships and gossip.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
comedy-drama film
film
play
author Clare Boothe Luce
basedOn The Women (play)
castMember Joan Fontaine
Marjorie Main
Mary Boland
Paulette Goddard
Phyllis Povah
Virginia Weidler
cinematographyBy Joseph Ruttenberg
colorProcess Technicolor (fashion show sequence)
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director George Cukor
distributedBy Loew's Inc.
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Robert J. Kern NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Culver City, California, United States
surface form: Culver City, California
followedBy The Opposite Sex
surface form: The Opposite Sex (1956 film) remake
format black-and-white film
genre comedy-drama
satire
hasColorSequence fashion show sequence
mainTheme divorce
female friendship
gossip
marriage
musicBy David Snell
narrativeFocus upper-class women
notableFeature absence of male speaking roles
all-female cast
notableFor sharp, satirical dialogue
originalLanguage English
partOf Hollywood studio-era cinema
portrays high-society relationships
social gossip
producer Hunt Stromberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publicationDate 1939
releaseDate September 1, 1939
runtime 133 minutes
screenwriter Anita Loos
Jane Murfin
setting New York high society
starred Joan Crawford
Norma Shearer
Rosalind Russell

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Joan Crawford notableWork The Women
Paulette Goddard starredIn The Women
Clare Boothe Luce notableWork The Women
George Cukor notableWork The Women
George Cukor directed The Women
The Opposite Sex basedOn The Women
The Women hasEnglishTitle The Women
Hunt Stromberg notableWork The Women
Debra Messing notableWork The Women
Marjorie Main notableWork The Women
Joan Fontaine notableWork The Women
Marljorie Main notableWork The Women
subject surface form: Marjorie Main
Walter Plunkett notableWork The Women
Marion Levy notableWork The Women
subject surface form: Paulette Goddard
T.C. Boyle notableWork The Women
Eva Mendes appearedInFilm The Women
Virginia Weidler notableWork The Women
Virginia Grey notableWork The Women
Lucille Watson notableWork The Women
Ann Clare Boothe notableWork The Women
subject surface form: Clare Boothe Luce
Ellen Tyne Daly notableWork The Women
Norma Shearer notableWork The Women
Ruth Hussey notableWork The Women
Jane Murfin notableWork The Women
Margaret Booth notableWork The Women
Mary Nash notableWork The Women