The Film Lady's Tales of a Lady/ The Women (1939) American Blu-ray Edition Cover
"Lady's Quest for Favors/ The Women" (1939) tells how four young women try their best to compete for favors with their husbands and how to keep their lover's heart, and the result is full of jokes. The whole film of women in charge, marriage and divorce and affair are just idle, this is a wonderful movie to describe women.........
Very commensurate with the name, no man appears in the film, not only does not even have a body, not even a voice, and those who participate in the performance, including passers-by, are all women. But it has a subtitle that reads "It's all about men!" Because women's wars are all provoked and manipulated by men!
The Movie Lady Fights for Favor/The Women (1939) at the set entrance, the director and 8 actresses pose from left to right: Florence Nash Nash, Phyllis Povah, Rosalind Russell Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford, George Cook George Cukor, Norma Shearer, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine
Women's wars have always been caused by men, even if they don't see a man like this in the film, ladies will fight for men in spite of their restraint and self-esteem.
The film paints a picture of the extravagant life of the high-society celebrity Kuota.
In the movie Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), Rosalind Russell chats gossip with a clerk while doing a hair and manicure at a beauty salon
They often gather in beauty salons, women's clubs, haute couture houses, fashion shows, country houses or mansions, like pet-loving animals, making fun of each other with words and playing tricks, talking about social gossip, divorce and clothing, beauty and other topics that are enough to constitute competition; they are dressed in luxurious and beautiful clothes, which is more exquisite than any high fashion show in Paris today.
Women's films, commonly known as women's films, and "Lady's Fight" is a film starring all women (there is no man in the film), but the content of the film is around men, but it is rare.
Promotional photo for the film Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), from left to right: Joan Crawford, Norma Sheila Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell Rosalind Russell
The film was the second-highest-grossing film at the time of its release (first was Gone with the Wind), based on a stage play by Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987) directed by George Cook George Cukor (1899–1983).
MGM's three big names, Norma Shearer (1902-1983), Joan Crawford (1902-1983), Rosalind Russell (1907-1976); plus the young Joan Fontaine (1917-2013), and the gossip columnist Heda Hopper ( 1885-1966) and others used more than a hundred actors, the lineup is large, although the film is shot in black and white negatives, but the midfield fashion show is shot in color, the rich sense of stage and the gorgeous costumes, highlighting the ability of the film company to be willing to work at all costs.
In the film Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), Joan Crawford (left) provokes Norma Shearer
Comments at the time read: George Cook, the legendary Hollywood female director, used a large group of female actors to adapt the original book of Cray Booth Luce into a blockbuster film, and "Lady's Fight for Favors" is a story that revolves around a group of suspicious and mutually boycotted female social circles, staging a comedy that has ruined the reputation at the fraternity.
The funny language and Joan Crawford's brilliant appearance are classics, and the film was brilliant under the direction of George Cook.
"Lady's Quest for Favors" is a comedy that is both harsh and mean, and the story describes the life of a group of high-class ladies, who often get together to talk about the daily chores from clothing to divorce, and especially like to play with right and wrong and compete with each other.
The scene in the movie Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), played by Joan Crawford, is unforgettable
The main plot revolves around the incident of the virtuous lady Mary (played by Norma Sheila) being robbed of her husband by the bad woman Christal (played by Joan Crawford), and the women around them are not only fooled, but the relationship between men and women is also a mess, such as the marriage of the suspicious eight-wife Sylvia (played by Rosalind Russell) and the divorced countess DeLage (played by Mary Boland), funny, The snatchers are all women in high social circles.
This is a classic women's film, and "Lady's Tale" exposes the essential attributes of women's most primitive chatter and gossip.
Norma Shearer's image in the film Lady's Tales/ The Women (1939).
Norma Sheila plays a wife who dedicates her whole life to her husband, who is disloyal to him and confused with a lower gold digger, Joan Crawford.
When she learned of the incident in the rumors (at the beauty salon), she decided to leave him, but still experienced a psychological struggle. Defending and/or deliberately suppressing Norma Sheila's self-esteem is of paramount concern to her circle of friends, including Paulette Goddard (1910-1990), Mary Boland (1880-1965), Joan Fontaine, and theatre lovers Rosalind Russell.
Stills poster for the film Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), from left to right: Rosalind Russell, Heda Hopper, Norma Shearer
Although the film focuses only on the wealthy and idle class, it does not represent the characters in a demonized, superior narrative, and ultimately perfectly represents the behavior of women.
Even the vile Joan Crawford receives a little sympathy at the end of the film.
The sharp dialogue, the wonderful reflection of female friendship and love, makes the play mean and mean at the same time.
In addition, it is also very funny, and there is a full-color fashion show interspersed in the play.
Newspaper advertisement for the film Lady's Tales of The Women (1939).
The whole film is brightly paced, and the roaring and fighting scenes are very lively. The only problem is that portraying women in this way is too superficial and natural, and the shaping of the character is the root of the floating surface.
Norma Sheila must be a sympathetic and likable character, and Joan Crawford, who robs her husband, is certainly not very high (a perfume seller in a department store), and she must be a bad woman who is greedy for money, with an abominable face and a thief.
Men will definitely regret it, women will have to give up their self-esteem to win back the marriage...
Joan Crawford's image in the film Lady's Tales/ The Women (1939).
The reason for this setup may seem very distracting, naturally because screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980) was male, but also found that there was some hit to the point.
Popular dramas can be forgiven if they are funny, at least George Cook's directing will not be a big mistake, he constantly creates conflicts for the film, the rhythm is skillful, George Cook, although often defined as a director who is good at making women's scenes (and for some reasons because he is gay), he always feels that he is underrated, this is definitely one of his best films.
On the set of the film Lady's Tales/ The Women (1939), George Cook George Cukor took good care of Norma Shearer, who was the company's majority shareholder and could not afford to offend
Some of the most straightforward dialogues in the film are one of the women who talk about the countess's favorite groom, as follows:
"That man is very strong."
"It's important for men to have muscles."
"Yes! They can burst coconuts with their knees if he can close them (legs)! ”
Haha, it was so sour that it killed the audience on the spot.
Stills from the film Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), from left to right: Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell Rosalind Russell, Norma Sheila Norma Shearer, Joan Fontaine
In terms of characters, Norma Sheila and Joan Crawford are basically the main line characters, they are all appropriate, one good and one evil are layered, and there are no unexpected surprises.
However, rosalind Russell, who appears more often, is quite interesting, and her bad-eyed eight-woman Sylvia, who is both a cousin of Norma Sheila and a close friend of Joan Crawford, is surprisingly popular with the audience.
Her ability to instigate and ridicule others, her sharp humor, and her quick speech have laid the foundation for her burlesque comedy line, and the scene of the fight with Pauline Gaudé in the film is extremely entertaining.
Stills from the movie "Lady's Tales of The Women" (1939), the women fight very comedically
In terms of supporting roles, Joan Fontaine plays a role that is upright and cute, depending on her own role to be pleasing, and the other prominent one is Marie Boland, who provides brilliant jokes and silly clips.
It is surprising to say that Norma Sheila and Joan Crawford would appear in the same film at the same time, and Norma Sheila used to be the wife of another MGM giant, Alvin Salberg Irving Thalberg (1899-1936).
Joan Crawford had already complained to the titan Louis Mayer (1884-1957) that Alvin Salberg had given all the good plays to Norma Sheila, and when Alvin Salberg suddenly died of illness, Norma Sheila was still in power.
Promotional photo for the film Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), Joan Crawford (left) and Norma Shearer
It turned out that Alvin Salberg left his MGM stake to Norma Sheila, so Joan Crawford hated Norma Sheila even more, but because she was interested in the film, it was enough, anyway, they only had two acts in the same scene, and the characters in the film were all hostile to each other, very really sparkling.
What is more interesting is that this film originally starred only Norma Sheila, but Joan Crawford could not let go of this ranking, so Norma Sheila reluctantly let Joan Crawford be on the same level as her, which is expected, as a secondary role but more drama Rosalind Russell does not want to be subordinate to the two, she does not hesitate to pretend to be sick on the set, so she also competes for the ranking of co-stars, the two have no idea, after the release of the film, it is Rosalind Russell who is the most popular audience.
Stills poster for the movie Lady's Tales/The Women (1939), Rosalind Russell (left) Joan Crawford
The film was remade in both 1956 and 2008, with the 2008 version starring "American Sweetheart" Meg Ryan and Annette Bening.
The 1956 version was renamed The Opposite Sex and became a cabaret film directed by David Miller (1909–1992) starring Joan Collins and Joan Allyson (1917–2006), which was far worse than Lady Feud in both the cast and the plot, and François Ou Jong Fran?ois Ozon's French song and dance suspense film BaMei Tu (2002) was also inspired by this film.
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