The Women (1939 film)
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Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1957 · Nominated
With June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan. Former nightclub singer Kay Hilliard, married 10 years and mother of a young daughter, is informed that her husband Steven is having an affair with chorus girl Crystal Allen, so she goes to Reno for a divorce.
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- David Miller
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Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, discovers that her husband, theater producer Steven, is having an affair with showgirl Crystal Allen. Kay is the last to find out among her circle of gossiping girlfriends. Kay travels to Renoto divorce from Steve who then marries Crystal, but when Kay learns that Crystal is not faithful to Steve, she starts...
Unlike the 1936 play and the 1939 film adaptation, The Opposite Sex includes musical numbers and features male actors who portray the husbands and boyfriends, whose characters were only referred to in the previous film and stage versions.This alters the structure and tone of the base storyline significantly. Fay Kaninwho cowrote the script with her...
Film critic Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times that the film had a "venomous mixture of deadly females vs. deadlier females, sharp dialogue and songs," that "the principals, who keep the catfights going briskly, make it [...] interesting," and "the lush wardrobes, enhanced by excellent color photography, provided for this covey of dames, i...
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- Joe Pasternak
- October 26, 1956
Nontraditional gender roles have attracted the attention of Oscar voters over the years, with Jack Lemmon earning a best actor nomination for the cross-dressing comedy “Some Like It Hot” and ...
The Opposite Sex (1956) is a remake of The Women (1939), which was based on Clare Boothe Luce's 1936 play of the same name. In the latter two, a group of New York society women gossip, scheme and steal each other's husbands, and a man is never seen.
- David Miller, George Rhein
- June Allyson
Oct 26, 2017 · Directed by David Miller. Genres - Musical, Romance, Music | Sub-Genres - Satire | Release Date - Oct 26, 1956 (USA - Unknown) | Run Time - 115 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR. AllMovie Rating. 6. User Ratings (0) Your Rating. Overview. Review. User Reviews. Cast & Crew. Awards. Releases. Related. Share on. facebook. twitter.
· February 1, 2023 · . Follow. Linda Hunt becomes the first actress portraying a character of the opposite sex to win an Academy Award. She won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 56th Oscars for portraying Billy Kwan in 'The Year of Living Dangerously,' directed by Peter Weir.
The Opposite Of Sex is a 1998 American independent romantic dark comedy written and directed by Don Roos, and starring Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan and Lisa Kudrow. A directorial debut for Roos, it marked the final film produced by Rysher Entertainment.
