Female

Female (1933)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (272 ratings)

Ruth Chatterton tears up the screen in this fast-paced, lusty comedy. Alison Drake is an automobile magnate, a hard-nosed, hardboiled business woman making dozens of important decisions a day. In her private life, however, she is passionate and bold in her pursuit of male companionship, which she… More

Unrated, 1 hr.
Directed By
Michael Curtiz
Written By
Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola, William A. Wellman
Genres
Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 11, 1933 Wide
On DVD
Mar 17, 1993

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    This slick romantic comedy offers 'the before its time sophisticated concept' that a woman can run a large company.

  • Matt Bailey, Not Coming to a Theater Near You

    Female is more than just a museum piece from that short era after the introduction of sound and before the enforcement of the Hays Code; it's a strangely involving, patently absurd, wildly entertaining movie.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    Ruth Chatterton is a trail blazing feminist with the hots for George Brent. An atypical romance that becomes decidedly typical as it progresses.

  • AJ V


    A woman runs a factory after her father's death, which was highly unusual for the 30s. She treats men the way men treat women, which to her means with little respect and only to get what she wants from them. That part of the movie was interesting, but then she falls in love and… More

  • Veronique K


    "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… More

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