Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard

Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On t...( read more  read more... )he train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband). While they are at Lucy's dude ranch, Fowler arrives for her own divorce and the Countess meets fifth husband-to-be Buck. Back in New York, Mary's ex is now unhappily married to Crystal who is already in an affair with Buck. When Sylvia lets this story slip at a country club dinner, Crystal brags of her plans for a still wealthier marriage, only to find the Countess is the source of all Buck's money. Crystal must return to the perfume counter and Mary runs back to her husband.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 13 min.

Directed by: George Cukor

Release Date: September 1, 1939

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DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005

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  • May 31, 2009
    MUCH MUCH better than the new one!...I love Joan Crawfords dress @ the end scene
  • September 11, 2008
    I love this can't wait for the remake

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