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THE WOMEN (1939) Dr. Liz Clarke Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film [email protected]
THE WOMEN (1939)
Dr. Liz Clarke
Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film
“IT’S ALL ABOUT MEN”
• Film/narrative experimentation•Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford,
and other stars•Divorce in 1930s Hollywood film•Women in early Hollywood
FILM EXPERIMENTATION
•Over 130 speaking roles, all women
• Even pets were female
NORMA SHEARER AND JOAN CRAWFORD
FILM EXPERIMENTATION
THE PRESENCE OF MEN
DIVORCE AND THE PRODUCTION CODE
Still from The Divorcee (1930), starring Norma Shearer
TALKING ABOUT DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE
THE WOMEN (1939)
• Directed: George Cukor
• Written by Jane Murfin and Anita Loos (F. Scott Fitzgerald, uncredited)
• Based on play by Clare Boothe Luce
JANE MURFIN AND STRONGHEART, PHOTO CURTESY OF WOMEN FILM PIONEERS PROJECT
WOMEN SCREENWRITERS AND WOMEN IN EARLY HOLLYWOOD
Anita Loos
