The Women: Directed by George Cukor. With Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland. A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.
Ozon initially envisioned a remake of George Cukor's 1939 film The Women, but eventually settled on Thomas's Huit femmes after legal obstacles prevented him from doing so. Drawing inspiration from Cukor's screwball comedies of the late 1930s and the 1950s work of pioneering directors such as...
Bette Midler, Cloris Leachman and Carrie Fisher Join The Women Casting News The Diane English-directed remake of the 1939 comedy. By MW Staff Sep 20, 2007 Diane English Puts Together a Solid Cast for The Women Casting News Remake to star Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, and Eve Mendes....
Q Tell us more about The Women, Meg. A It's a remake of George Cukor's 1939 classic comedy...Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Then to make sure the selections played well to general audiences, each movie needed to also have a positive Audience Score (even if they’re Certified Fresh), which knocked out some surprise films, like About a Boy. Hey, don’t blame us – y’all voted! Finally, any more released ...
I was only watching this film for a short time when I realized that it was a remake of the 1933 pre-Code The Mayor of Hell, which starred James Cagney in the role played here by Stanley Fields. The earlier version was far superior; the 1939 film really couldn’t hold a candle to ...
(1987), Welles appeared — mostly in supporting roles — in about 70 features made in various parts of the world. There was one brilliant performance in one brilliant film, Charles Foster Kane inCitizen Kane, but the rest of what I've seen has been either forgettable or memorable for the...
Based on a true story, the film tells of the courageous men and women who risk their lives every working day, pitting their fishing boats and rescue vessels against the capricious forces of nature. Their worst fears are realized at sea on Halloween of 1991, when they are confronted by...
"The Women" (1939) Archive Photos//Getty Images Pay no attention to the ill-advised 2008 remake, and instead watch the classic. The plotline involves a woman who learns her husband is having an affair with a salesgirl, then learns her friend's husband is also having an affair, and the...
Adding to the mythology of the film was its completion over the course of the Nazi occupation of France. Production was riddled with delays, set rebuilds, and reshoots. Some scenes and crew members of the film were kept secret from the occupation administrators. Members of the French ...