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The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce 's 1936 play of the same name , and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin , who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released.
The film received a significant negative response from critics. It holds a 14% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 148 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The critical consensus states: "The Women is a toothless remake of the 1939 classic, lacking the charm, wit and compelling protagonists of the original." [5]
The Women is a 1936 American play, a comedy of manners by Clare Boothe Luce.Only women compose the cast. The original Broadway production, directed by Robert B. Sinclair, opened on December 26, 1936, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, where it ran for 657 performances with an all-female cast that included Margalo Gillmore, Ilka Chase, Betty Lawford, Jessie Busley, Phyllis Povah, Marjorie Main ...
Honolulu (1939) as Gale Brewster; Within the Law (1939) as Saleswoman; Society Lawyer (1939) as Judy Barton; The Hardys Ride High (1939) as Rosamund; The Women (1939) as Excersice Instructress; Think First (Crime Does Not Pay short) (1939) as Susy Martin; Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940) as Pearl Delonge; The Ghost Comes Home (1940) as Myra
MGM, first of 10 "Maisie" films Man About Town: Mark Sandrich: Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour: Comedy: Paramount: The Man in the Iron Mask: James Whale: Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William: Adventure: United Artists: Man of Conquest: George Nicholls Jr. Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine: Biography: Republic: The Man They Could Not ...
The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which honored the best in film for 1939)—Dark Victory, Gone with the Wind, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Love Affair, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Of Mice and Men, Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Wuthering Heights—range in genre and are ...
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Bertha "Betty" Danko (September 19, 1903 – February 3, 1979) was an American stuntwoman and stunt double.She doubled for many leading actresses of the 1930s and 1940s, but is best known for having doubled for Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz.