The Women (1939)

Introduction

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Mary, Mrs Stephen Haines

      Norma Shearer

    • Crystal Allen

      Joan Crawford

    • Sylvia, Mrs Howard Fowler

      Rosalind Russell

    • Flora, The Countess De Lave

      Mary Boland

    • Miriam Aarons

      Paulette Goddard

    • Peggy, Mrs John Day

      Joan Fontaine

    • Mrs Morehead

      Lucile Watson

    • Edith, Mrs Phelps Potter

      Phyllis Povah

    • Little Mary Haines

      Virginia Weidler

    • Lucy

      Marjorie Main

    • Pat

      Virginia Grey

    • Miss Watts

      Ruth Hussey

    • Jane, Mary's maid

      Muriel Hutchison

    • Dolly DePuyster

      Hedda Hopper

    • Nancy Blake

      Florence Nash

    • Mrs Van Adams

      Cora Witherspoon

    • exercise instructress

      Ann Morriss

    • Olga, the manicurist

      Dennie Moore

    • Maggie

      Mary Cecil

    • Miss Trimmerback

      Mary Beth Hughes

    • [Olive]

      Theresa Harris

    • [Edith Potter's child]

      Jane Isabelle

    • [Edith Potter's child]

      Leni Lynn

    • [Edith Potter's child]

      Nance Lee Farrar

    • [Edith Potter's child]

      Jany Hope

    • [Edith Potter's child]

      Joey Hope

    • [fat society woman]

      May Beatty

    • [singing teacher]

      Mariska Aldrich

    • [Ingrid]

      Esther Dale

    • [Lulu]

      Butterfly McQueen

    • [receptionist]

      Vera Vague

    • [maid on train]

      Hattie Noel

    • [Mrs Jones]

      Peggy Shannon

    • [Mrs Jones's daughter]

      Brenda Henderson

    • [Sadie, old maid in powder room]

      Marjorie Wood

    • [Mrs Wagstaff]

      Margaret Dumont

    • [Helene, the French maid]

      Mildred Shay

    • [first hairdresser]

      Priscilla Lawson

    • [second hairdresser]

      Estelle Etterre

    • [receptionist]

      Virginia Howell

    • [saleslady]

      Aileen Pringle

    • [corset model]

      Judith Allen

    • [mud mask woman]

      May Boley

    • [pedicurist]

      Ruth Findlay

    • [Miss Batchelor]

      Charlotte Wynters

    • [Miss Archer]

      Florence Shirley

    • [Euphie]

      Florence O'Brien

    • [Miss Fordyce]

      Hilda Plowright

    • [woman with bundles]

      Leila Mcintyre

    • [large woman]

      Dot Farley

    • [window tapper]

      Flora Finch

    • [saleswoman]

      Dorothy Sebastian

    • [saleswoman]

      Renie Riano

    • [saleswoman]

      Alice Keating

    • [head saleswoman]

      Grace Goodall

    • [head saleswoman]

      Fredrika Brown

    • [Mrs Carter]

      Wilda Bennett

    • [cosmetics saleswoman]

      Helene Millard

    • [nurse]

      Irene Shirley

    • [nurse]

      Effie Anderson

    • [nurse]

      Nell Craig

    • [nurse]

      Ruth Rickaby

    • [nurse]

      Gertrude Astor

    • [nurse]

      Edith Penn

    • [Mrs Erskine]

      Lillian Bond

    • [dietician]

      Rita Gould

    • [Mrs Spencer]

      Josephine Whittell

    • [Mrs Spencer's friend]

      Lenita Lane

    • [make-up artist]

      Anne Teeman

    • [Miss Hicks]

      Aileen Carlyle

    • [young girl]

      Bebe Anderson

    • [girl in bath]

      Shirley Chambers

    • [Mrs Goldstein]

      June Gittelson

    • [masseuse]

      Sue Moore

    • [masseuse]

      Greta Meyer

    • [masseuse]

      Meeka Aldrich

    • [masseuse]

      Blanche Payson

    • [Miss St Claire]

      Gladys Blake

    • [stage mother]

      Gertrude Simpson

    • [theatrical child]

      Carole Lee Kirby

    • [manicurist]

      Mimi Olivera

    • [woman receiving massage]

      Mabel Colcord

    • [woman in cabinet]

      Beryl Wallace

    • [woman in cabinet]

      Catherine Proctor

    • [woman in cabinet]

      Isabel Randolph

    • [Mrs North/society woman]

      Winifred Harris

    • [woman under sunlamp]

      Lita Chevret

    • [woman under sunlamp]

      Dora Clemant

    • [woman under sunlamp]

      Ruth Alder

    • [Mrs Atkins]

      Joan Blair

    • [Mrs South]

      Betty Blythe

    • [glamour girl in shadowgraph]

      Janet Mcleay

    • [debutante]

      Agnes Fraser

    • [debutante]

      Mildred Coles

    • [debutante]

      Jo Ann Sayers

    • [grandma]

      Mary Young

    • [cyclist]

      Grace Hayle

    • [cyclist]

      Maude Allen

    • [Miss Atkinson]

      Dorothy Adams

    • [treatment girl]

      Lucia Lacerte

    • [treatment girl]

      Dorothy Appleby

    • [old girl]

      Eva Dennison

    • [woman in modiste salon]

      Natalie Moorhead

    • [stock room girl]

      Marie Blake

    • [negligee model]

      Beatrice Cole

    • [salesgirl in modiste salon]

      Carol Hughes

    • [Tamara]

      Suzanne Kaaren

    • [dowager in powder room]

      Grayce Hampton

    • [debutante in powder room]

      Bunny Beatty

    • [glamour girl]

      Virginia Pine

    • [tough girl]

      Barbara Pepper

    • [commentator]

      Sibyl Harris

    • [woman]

      Veda Buckland

    • [woman's companion]

      Charlotte Treadway

    • [.]

      Gertrude Needham

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      George Cukor

    • [Assistant Director]

      Edward Woehler

    Production:

    • ©

      Loew's Incorporated

    • Production Company

      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

    • Producer

      Hunt Stromberg

    Writing:

    • Screenplay

      Anita Loos

    • Screenplay

      Jane Murfin

    • [Screenplay]

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

    • [Screenplay]

      Donald Ogden Stewart

    • Based on the play by

      Boothe, Clare

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Oliver T. Marsh

    • Director of Photography

      Joseph Ruttenberg

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      Robert J. Kern

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Cedric Gibbons

    • Associate Art Director

      Wade B. Rubottom

    • Set Decorator

      Edwin B. Willis

    • [Set Decorator]

      Jack D. Moore

    Costumes:

    • Gowns/Fashion Show

      Adrian

    Make-up:

    • Hairstylist

      Sydney Guilaroff

    Music:

    • Musical Score

      Edward Ward

    • Musical Score

      David Snell

    • [Orchestration]

      Wally Heglin

    • [Orchestration]

      Leonid Raab

    Choreography:

    • [Dance Teacher]

      George King

    Sound:

    • [Sound] Recording Director

      Douglas Shearer