Ruth Chatterton, Ruth Donnelly, Lois Wilson (II)

Alison Drake is the CEO of a successful automobile factory, a hard-nosed business woman making dozens of important decisions a day. In her private life, however, she is passionate and bold in her purs...( read more  read more... )uit of male companionship, which she frequently finds among the ranks of her own employees and executives; the problem is that these men can't abide the fact that back at work, she's all business. When she meets Jim Thorne, a gifted engineer she steals from a rival company, her independence is put to the ultimate test.

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Unrated, 60 min

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Release Date: October 11, 1933

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  • July 24, 2009
    I was very impressed by this film. It's very well made, a typical no-nonsense directing makes it pleasantly easy to watch and the actors are excellent. But what is really exciting about this film is its subject, it manages to tackle two issues rarely dealt with in films: work and...( read more) womanhood.
    The character of Ruth Chatterton is fantastic and should be hailed by every feminist as well as every film buff. Regarding the feminist part of the movie: true she breaks at the end but she did manage to head a giant firm for over 5 years which is not bad. Saying it is anti feminist is like saying the Dangerous Liaison is moralistic because of the last 5 minutes.
    A great film, go watch it!
  • April 15, 2008
    "female" is directed by michael curtiz in his early days in warner bro. before he thrives at errol flynn swashbucklers. it's casted with ruth chatteton and george brent as the leads, and it's a story about a businesswoman's convert to her femininity by a dashing masculine hunk wi...( read more)th conventional maschismo.

    the flick is shot at pre-code area, naturally it has its indulgence of sexual insinuations to some degree... it could be very feministic when it comes to the plots of chatterton's female boss seducing her male employee as sex-mates at night for fun then dismiss them next day in the morning. it might be considered gritty at that time, but it might also reflect the primitive gender revolution at 1920s by terming the feminism as refusal of womanhood and being phallic to emulate the men. but eventually this flick is stil reversed back to the bourgeois track of female virtue since the real man who is not willing to compromise just appears to tame the shrew.

    george brent is often casted as the ideal man who softens tough females like bette davis and barbara stanwyck(babyface) in warner's flicks. he does have a mass angular bone structure and a georgeous face as gears of romantic lead, espeacially when he smiles with his radiant dimples.
  • May 1, 2008
    The ending proves that this just might be the most anti-feminist film ever made.
  • April 14, 2008
    I'm a gentle hearted man, i like making friends because friends are the best. Love is not about body stature, but its all about what is in the heart. what i care about is u are beautiful and i wish to be the man you've always wanted and i am sure you and i would work things nicel...( read more)y bearing together. I like holding hands walking together side by side and sharing love vows and i see you as a woman i would love to do that with and cuddle with. if u like to talk to me on messenger give me your yahoo chat id. mine is dannyoung234@hotmail. com

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  • groaningbitch
    May 12, 2008
    george brent weds ruth chatteron around the release of "female" but this marriage ends within a year.

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