The Women

"It's all about men!"

1939 2h 13m EN

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7.2

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94%

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7.7

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★7.2TMDB · 184🍅94%Rotten Tomatoes★7.7IMDB · 16,323

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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

“It's all about men!”

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Cast

Norma Shearer
Mary Haines
Joan Crawford
Crystal Allen
Rosalind Russell
Sylvia Fowler
Mary Boland
The Countess De Lave
Paulette Goddard
Miriam Aarons
Joan Fontaine
Peggy Day
Lucile Watson
Mrs. Morehead
Phyllis Povah
Edith Potter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Cukor
Writers: Jane Murfin, Anita Loos, Donald Ogden Stewart
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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87 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Cukor, shot by Oliver T. Marsh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Snell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert Kern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "It's all about men!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Cukor directs. Oliver T. Marsh behind the camera. David Snell scores. Robert Kern cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
287 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4Directed by George Cukor, shot by Oliver T. Marsh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by David Snell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Robert Kern shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "It's all about men!".
9IMDB entry: tt0032143 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 18 themes, including "infidelity", "new york city", "parent child relationship", "nevada".

The technical file

Cinematography: Oliver T. Marsh
Original score: David Snell
Editing: Robert Kern
Costume design: Adrian
Makeup / hair: Sydney Guilaroff
Runtime: 133 min · 2h 13m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,688,000
Box office: $2,270,000
Return: 134% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Women (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes: 94% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.7/10 · 16,323 votes
MPAA: Approved

Awards

6 wins total

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missmiserys2020-03-02
★ 3/10
A women centric movie from the 30s was a very cool concept to me in theory, but the execution and the whole movie being about men despite no men being on screen and it being called ‘The Women’ but none of them women having much of a character outside of relationships and men. Really wanted to like this and was disappointed I didn’t.

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