The women / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Hunt Stromberg ; screenplay by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin ; directed by George Cukor.
Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another.
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Language: | English French Portuguese Spanish |
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English |
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Soundtrack in English or French, optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese; closed-captioned. |
Published: |
Burbank, CA :
Warner Home Video,
2005.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
Variant Title: |
Women : it's all about men! [Cover title] |
Format: | Video DVD |
Summary: |
Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another. |
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Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Based on the play The women by Clare Boothe. Includes two documentaries (From the ends of the earth, and Hollywood : style center of the world), alternate b&w fashion show sequence, scoring session music cues, theatrical trailer, and the theatrical trailer for the 1956 musical remake, The opposite sex. Videorecording. |
Call Number: | PN1997 .W663 2005 VideoDVD CM6 D0050677 VideoDVD AJ5 D0016305 VideoDVD |
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MPAA rating: Not rated. |
ISBN: | 9780790746807 0790746808 9781419810886 141981088X |
Credits: | Directors of photography, Oliver T. Marsh and Joseph Ruttenberg ; film edited by Robert J. Kern ; music scored by Edward Ward. |
System Details: | DVD, Region 1, standard version; Dolby digital, mono. |
Cast: |
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Phyllis Povah, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler, Lucile Watson. |