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The Women

Director: George Cukor Run Time: 133 min. Format: 35mm Release Year: 1939

Starring: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Phyllis Povah, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard

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 back her man.

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