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The Women
7.1
Released September 01, 1939
Runtime 2h 13min
It's all about men!
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries
United States of America
Finances
Budget: $1,688,000
Revenue: $2,270,000
Profit/Loss: $582,000
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Cast
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)
Crew
George Cukor
Director
Edward Woehler
Assistant Director
Clare Boothe Luce
Theatre Play
Anita Loos
Screenplay
Jane Murfin
Screenplay
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Screenplay
Donald Ogden Stewart
Screenplay
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
David Snell
Original Music Composer
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Robert Kern
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Jack D. Moore
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Adrian
Costume Design
Donna Hall
Stunts
Audrey Scott
Stunts
George King
Choreographer
George Bassman
Orchestrator
Wally Heglin
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Charles Maxwell
Orchestrator
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Edward Ward
Original Music Composer
Joseph Ruttenberg
Director of Photography
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Wade B. Rubottom
Assistant Art Director
Laszlo Willinger
Still Photographer
Eugene Joseff
Other
Arthur Schutt
Orchestrator
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Reviews
by
missmiserys
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 ...