The women / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; screenplay by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin ; produced by Hunt Stromberg ; 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.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment : [2005]
- Copyright: ©2005
Content descriptions
General Note: | From the play by Clare Boothe; by arrangement with Max Gordon Plays and Pictures Corporation. Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. Special features: Cast and crew [text feature]; Behind the scenes [text feature]; MGM short subject "Hollywood: Style center of the world" [featurette] (11 min.); MGM short subject "From the ends of the Earth: Another romance of celluloid [featurette] (10 min.); Scoring stage sessions [audio only feature] (10 min.); Alternate "Fashion Show" sequence [featurette] (6 min.); Trailers (7 min.). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Credits and menagerie -- Sydney's Salon -- Something about Mary -- Lovey-dovey stuff -- Spiders in the parlor -- Sorry, darling -- From the source -- Motherly advice -- Stephen calling -- Customer (lip) service -- Divinely happy -- Fashion show -- Facing fittings -- Supportive Sylvia -- Confrontation -- Getting a workout -- Showdown report -- Divorce details -- Fallen out of love -- Train for Reno -- Three comrades -- Double Bar T Ranch -- Courtship phases -- Gathering of the clan -- Sylvia's high-sterics -- Peggy's news -- Custer's last stand -- Alone with her pride -- Young Mary understands -- Cat's out of the bath -- Class reunion -- Lying truth -- Sylvia takes the bait -- Name for you ladies. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Directors of photography, Oliver T. Marsh, Joseph Ruttenberg ; film editor, Robert J. Kern ; musical score, Edward Ward and David Snell ; art director, Cedric Gibbons ; gowns and fashion show by Adrian. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Norma Shearer (Mary), Joan Crawford (Crystal Allen), Rosalind Russell (Sylvia), Mary Boland (Flora), Paulette Goddard (Miriam Aarons), Phyllis Povah (Edith), Joan Fontaine (Peggy), Virginia Weidler (Little Mary), Lucile Watson (Mrs. Morehead), Marjorie Main (Lucy). |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
System Details Note: | DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital mono.; standard format preserving the aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, 1:33.1. |
Language Note: | In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese; closed-captioned. |
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