The Women
It's all about men!
1939 | 133m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | George Cukor |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Anita Loos, Jane Murfin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Staring: |
| A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 01, 1939 |
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| Director: | George Cukor |
| Writer: | Anita Loos, Jane Murfin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Donald Ogden Stewart |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | new york city, parent child relationship, nevada, infidelity, female friendship, reno, nevada, beauty salon, based on play or musical, bathtub, divorce, gossip, gold digger, dressing room, fashion show, columnist, mother daughter relationship |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,270,000
Budget: $1,688,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Virginia Weidler | Little Mary |
| Marjorie Main | Lucy |
| Virginia Grey | Pat |
| Ruth Hussey | Miss Wattson |
| 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 (uncredited) |
| Ruth Alder | Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited) |
| Mariska Aldrich | Singing Teacher (uncredited) |
| Meeka Aldrich | Masseuse (uncredited) |
| Barbara Jo Allen | Receptionist (uncredited) |
| Judith Allen | Corset Model (uncredited) |
| Maude Allen | Cyclist (uncredited) |
| Effie Anderson | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Mary Anderson | Young Girl (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Appleby | Treatment Girl (uncredited) |
| Diana Arden | Model in Fashion Show (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Astor | Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited) |
| Bunny Beatty | Debutante in Powder Room (uncredited) |
| May Beatty | Fat Woman / Society Woman (uncredited) |
| Wilda Bennett | Mrs. Carter (uncredited) |
| Joan Blair | Miss Atkins (uncredited) |
| Gladys Blake | Miss St. Claire (uncredited) |
| Marie Blake | Stockroom Girl (uncredited) |
| Betty Blythe | Mrs. South (uncredited) |
| May Boley | Mud Mask (uncredited) |
| Lilian Bond | Mrs. Erskine (uncredited) |
| Frederika Brown | Head Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| Veda Buckland | Woman (uncredited) |
| Aileen Carlyle | Miss Hicks (uncredited) |
| Lucia Carroll | Treatment Girl (uncredited) |
| Shirley Chambers | Girl in a Bath (uncredited) |
| Lita Chevret | Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited) |
| Dora Clement | Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited) |
| Mabel Colcord | Woman Getting Massage (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Cole | Negligee Model (uncredited) |
| Mildred Coles | Debutante (uncredited) |
| Nell Craig | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Esther Dale | Ingrid (uncredited) |
| Mary Dees | Girl (uncredited) |
| Eva Dennison | Old Girl (uncredited) |
| Estelle Etterre | Hairdresser #2 (uncredited) |
| Dot Farley | Large Woman (uncredited) |
| Nance Lee Ferrar | Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Flora Finch | Woman Window Tapper (uncredited) |
| Ruth Findlay | Pedicurist (uncredited) |
| Agnes Fraser | Debutante (uncredited) |
| June Gittelson | Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited) |
| Grace Goodall | Head Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| Rita Gould | Dietician (uncredited) |
| Grayce Hampton | Dowager in Powder Room (uncredited) |
| Sibyl Harris | Fashion Show Commentator (uncredited) |
| Theresa Harris | Olive (uncredited) |
| Winifred Harris | Mrs. North / Society Woman (uncredited) |
| Grace Hayle | Cyclist (uncredited) |
| Brenda Henderson | Mrs. Jones' Daughter (uncredited) |
| Jany Hope | Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Joey Hope | Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Virginia Howell | Receptionist (uncredited) |
| Carol Hughes | Salesgirl at Modiste Salon (uncredited) |
| Jane Isbell | Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Suzanne Kaaren | Princess Mara (uncredited) |
| Alice Keating | Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| Carole Lee Kilbry | Theatrical Child (uncredited) |
| Carole Lee Kirby | Theatrical Child (uncredited) |
| Lenita Lane | Mrs. Spencer's Friend (uncredited) |
| Priscilla Lawson | Hairdresser #1 (uncredited) |
| Leni Lynn | Edith's Oldest Daughter (uncredited) |
| Leila McIntyre | Woman with Bundles (uncredited) |
| Janet McLeay | Girl in Shadowgraph / Glamour Girl (uncredited) |
| Butterfly McQueen | Lulu (uncredited) |
| Greta Meyer | Masseuse (uncredited) |
| Helene Millard | Cosmetic Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| Sue Moore | Masseuse (uncredited) |
| Natalie Moorhead | Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Needham | Woman (uncredited) |
| Hattie Noel | Maid on Train (uncredited) |
| Florence O'Brien | Euphie (uncredited) |
| Mimi Olivera | Manicurist (uncredited) |
| Blanche Payson | Masseuse (uncredited) |
| Edith Penn | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Barbara Pepper | Tough Girl (uncredited) |
| Virginia Pine | Glamour Girl (uncredited) |
| Hilda Plowright | Miss Fordyce (uncredited) |
| Aileen Pringle | Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited) |
| Catherine Proctor | Woman in Cabinet (uncredited) |
| Isabel Randolph | Woman in Cabinet (uncredited) |
| Renie Riano | Ugly Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| Ruth Rickaby | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Jo Ann Sayers | Debutante (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Sebastian | Saleswoman Pat (uncredited) |
| Peggy Shannon | Mrs. Jones (uncredited) |
| Mildred Shay | Crystal's French Maid Helen (uncredited) |
| Clarice Sherry | Girl (uncredited) |
| Florence Shirley | Miss Archer (uncredited) |
| Irene Shirley | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Simpson | Stage Mother (uncredited) |
| Amzie Strickland | Glamour Girl (uncredited) |
| Ann Teeman | Makeup Artist (uncredited) |
| Terry | Fighting Dog at Beauty Shop (uncredited) |
| Charlotte Treadway | Companion Woman (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Tuttle | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Beryl Wallace | Woman in Cabinet (uncredited) |
| Josephine Whittell | Mrs. Spencer (uncredited) |
| Marjorie Wood | Sadie the Old Maid in Powder Room (uncredited) |
| Charlotte Wynters | Miss Batchelor (uncredited) |
| Mary Young | Grandma (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Clare Boothe Luce | Theatre Play |
| Oliver T. Marsh | Director of Photography |
| Robert Kern | Editor |
| Jack D. Moore | Set Decoration |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| George Bassman | Orchestrator |
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Audrey Scott | Stunts |
| Edward Woehler | Assistant Director |
| Donna Hall | Stunts |
| Wally Heglin | Orchestrator |
| Charles Maxwell | Orchestrator |
| Edward Ward | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| George Cukor | Director |
| Anita Loos | Screenplay |
| Jane Murfin | Screenplay |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Screenplay |
| Donald Ogden Stewart | Screenplay |
| David Snell | Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| George King | Choreographer |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Wade B. Rubottom | Assistant Art Director |
| Laszlo Willinger | Still Photographer |
| Eugene Joseff | Other |
| Arthur Schutt | Orchestrator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hunt Stromberg | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 19 | 35 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 21 | 34 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 14 | 40 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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missmiserys
3.0
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 t ... his and was disappointed I didn’t.
Jun 23, 2021