| Description |
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequence ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1; mono. |
| Language |
Soundtrack in English or French, optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese; closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Phyllis Povah, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler, Lucile Watson. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Oliver T. Marsh and Joseph Ruttenberg ; film edited by Robert J. Kern ; music scored by Edward Ward. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1939. |
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Based on the play: The women / by Clare Boothe. |
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Includes two documentaries (From the ends of the earth, and Hollywood : style center of the world), alternate b&w fashion show sequence, scoring session music cues, theatrical trailer, and the theatrical trailer for the 1956 musical remake, The opposite sex. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another. |
| Subject |
Divorce -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Women -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Stromberg, Hunt, 1894-1968.
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Loos, Anita, 1894-1981.
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Murfin, Jane, 1892-1955.
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Cukor, George Dewey, 1899-
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Shearer, Norma, 1902-1983.
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Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977.
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Russell, Rosalind.
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Boland, Mary, 1880-1965.
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Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990.
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Povah, Phyllis.
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Fontaine, Joan, 1917-2013.
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Weidler, Virginia, 1926-1968.
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Watson, Lucile, 1879-1962.
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Marsh, Oliver T., 1893-1941.
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Ruttenberg, Joseph, 1889-1983.
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Kern, Robert J.
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Ward, Edward.
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Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0790746808 |
| Standard No. |
012569520523 |
| Music No. |
65205 Warner Bros. |
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