The Women 1939 🎥 Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) can't believe her husband's having an affair with salesgirl Crystal (Joan Crawford). But when Sylvia (Rosalind Russell) and Edith (Phyllis Povah) deliver the gossip firsthand, Mary heads to Reno for a divorce. En route she meets Countess de Lave (Mary Boland) and Miriam (Paulette Goddard), who coincidentally is having an affair with Sylvia's husband. Once in Reno, the Countess finds another beau, Sylvia shows up for a divorce and Mary plots to win ba

The Classic Comedy-Drama Films "The Women" 1939 🎥 Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer Confrontation Scene The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor. The film is based on Clare Boothe Luce's play of the same name, and was adapted for the screen by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, who had to make the film acceptable for the Production Code for it to be released. The film stars Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Mary

Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, and Rosalind Russell lead a star-studded cast that consists entirely of women! The film is in black-and-white, with a Technicolor fashion show sequence, and is not to be missed. See THE WOMEN (1939), based on the hit play by Clare Booth Luce, in 35mm on Thursday, August 28! coolidge.org/classics | Coolidge Corner Theatre