The Women (1939)

The Women (1939) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by George Cukor and produced by Hunt Stromberg.

The Women was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2007.

From Chicago to California: The Wagon Train of “Westward the Women”

From Chicago to California: The Wagon Train of “Westward the Women” Directed by William A. Wellman, Westward the Women opens in 1851 with California rancher Roy Whitman hiring veteran trail guide Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor) to lead 139 women from Chicago across the harsh American wil... Read full article

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell are “The Women”

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell are “The Women” The Women (1939), directed by George Cukor, is a biting, high-society comedy-drama unique for its entirely female cast—not a single man appears on screen. However, their influence looms over every scene. The st... Read full article

Westward The Women (1951): A Fuller, Richer Kind of Western

My only qualm with Westward The Women might be the title itself because otherwise, it’s a striking movie that should rightfully be heralded as a supremely significant western for the story it chooses to tell. At the very least, the title does make it evident that this is a story with women at ... Read full article

COMEDY GOLD #9: Gossip from The Women (1939)

COMEDY GOLD #9: Gossip from The Women (1939) On September 27, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized Look, I like what The Women (1939) meant to do. I like the whole thing about it having an all-female cast, about it being about women and everything. Unfortunately, I’ve a... Read full article

The Women of Old Hollywood: Doris Day in That Touch of Mink

Doris Day and Cary Grant in a lobby card for That Touch of Mink (1962). This article is part of The Doris Day Blogathon hosted by Love Letters to Old Hollywood. It's also part of my series on Women in old Hollywood. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, actor and singer Doris Day created a chara... Read full article