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The Women [1939 film]

by George Cukor (Director), Anita Loos (Screenwriter), Claire Boothe Luce (Writer), Jane Murfin (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Mary Boland (Actor), Lilian Bond (Actor), Joan Crawford (Actor), Joan Fontaine (Actor), Paulette Goddard (Actor)9 more, Ruth Hussey (Actor), Marjorie Main (Actor), Ann Morriss (Actor), Rosalind Russell (Actor), Joseph Ruttenberg (Cinematographer), Norma Shearer (Actor), Terry (Actor), Lucile Watson (Actor), Cora Witherspoon (Actor)

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Clothing designer Mary Haines lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvie Fowler is the editor at a prominent fashion magazine. The women dictate the latest trends in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with perfume salesgirl Crystal Allen at Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test. Everyone in their close-knit circle of friends, including the ever-pregnant Edie Cohen and author Alex Fisher, begins to question their loyalty to each other and their romantic involvements.… (more)
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Cukor, GeorgeDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Loos, AnitaScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Luce, Claire BootheWritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Murfin, JaneScreenwritermain authorall editionsconfirmed
Boland, MaryActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bond, LilianActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Crawford, JoanActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fontaine, JoanActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Goddard, PauletteActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hussey, RuthActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Main, MarjorieActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morriss, AnnActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Russell, RosalindActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ruttenberg, JosephCinematographersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shearer, NormaActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
TerryActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Watson, LucileActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Witherspoon, CoraActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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Based on the play The women by Clare Boothe.
1939 film - redone in 2008
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Clothing designer Mary Haines lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvie Fowler is the editor at a prominent fashion magazine. The women dictate the latest trends in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with perfume salesgirl Crystal Allen at Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test. Everyone in their close-knit circle of friends, including the ever-pregnant Edie Cohen and author Alex Fisher, begins to question their loyalty to each other and their romantic involvements.

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A clique of upper-class Manhattan women face shifting loyalties when one leaves her philandering husband.
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