The women / writer, Anita Loos, Jane Murfin ; producer, Hunt Stromberg ; director, George Cukor.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Turner Entertainment Co
Other Authors: Loos, Anita, 1893-1981 (Screenwriter)
Murfin, Jane, 1892-1955 (Screenwriter)
Stromberg, Hunt, 1894-1968 (Film producer)
Cukor, George, 1899-1983 (Film director)
Russell, Rosalind (Actor)
Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977 (Actor)
Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983 (Actor)
Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013 (Actor)
Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987
Boland, Mary, 1880-1965 (Actor)
Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990 (Actor)
Povah, Phyllis (Actor)
Weidler, Virginia, 1926-1968 (Actor)
Watson, Lucile, 1879-1962 (Actor)
Marsh, Oliver T., 1893-1941
Ward, Edward, 1896-1971
Snell, David, 1897-1967
Gibbons, Cedric, 1895-1960
Language:English
Published: Hollywood, CA : Warner Bros. Enertainment, [2014]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Luce, Clare Boothe, > 1903-1987 > Adaptations.
Luce, Clare Boothe, > 1903-1987.
Female friendship > Drama.
Gossip > Drama.
Divorce > Nevada > Reno > Drama.
Women > Drama.
Divorce.
Female friendship.
Gossip.
Women.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Adaptations.
Drama.
Nevada > Reno.
Genre:
Adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Description
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.
Note:Title from web page.
Based on the play, The women, by Clare Boothe Luce.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.
Call Number:AD2 D0160341 Blu-ray Video
Credits:Directors of photography, Oliver T. Marsh and Joseph Ruttenberg ; film edited by Robert J. Kern ; music scored by Edward Ward.
System Details:Blu-ray, widescreen; requires Blu-ray player.
Blu-ray disc: Not compatible with standard DVD players; requires Blu-ray disc player.
Cast:
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Phyllis Povah, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler, Lucile Watson.