| Description |
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequence ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, standard presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Cast |
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. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Mary Haines loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another. |
| Note |
Special features: 2 vintage documentaries : From the ends of the earth and Hollywood : style center of the world; Alternate black-and-white fashion show sequence with different footage; Scoring session music cues; Theatrical trailers of The Women and musical remake The Opposite Sex. |
| Language |
English or French dialogue with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Divorce -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama.
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Women -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Stromberg, Hunt, 1894-1968.
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Loos, Anita, 1893-1981.
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Murfin, Jane, 1892-1955.
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Cukor, George, 1899-1983.
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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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Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987.
Women.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0790746808 |
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141981088X |
| Standard No. |
012569520523 |
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012569675407 |
| Music No. |
65205 Warner Bros. |
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67540 Warner Bros. |
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