The Women (1939)

133 min · Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, female buddy film

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Directors

George Cukor

Cast

Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Weidler, Lucile Watson, Marjorie Main, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Grey, Ruth Hussey

The story

The film focuses on the lives and relationships of a group of Manhattan women and the scores of women who work for them. It centers on Mary Haines, the cheerful, contented wife of Stephen; her daughter Little Mary; and her circle of "friends". Mary's cousin Sylvia Fowler goes to Sydney's elite salon to get the latest nail color: Jungle Red.

Catalogue themes and tags

Anruf, Baroness, Bath Tub, Beauty center, Berufspause, Blasphemy, Clothing, Cowboy Boots, Cowboyhut, Cubicle, Departement Store, Ehefrau, Fake Friend, Fitness-Training, Frauen, Friendship, Gossip, Hund, Husband Wife Relationship, Luxury, Manhattan, Manicure, Mistress, Modenschau, Mutter-Tochter-Beziehung, Nagellack, Perfume, Radio Transmission, Ratschläge, Reno, Role of Women, Rumour, Scheidung, Strong Woman, Tears, Telephone, Train Ride, Upper Class, Verhältnis, Vice, Women Fight, cowboy, ehebruch, female friendship, Comedy of manners, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Black-and-white

Genres

Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, female buddy film

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