I can't believe you didn't tell them about the fashion show. This film is in gorgeous black and white, but in the middle there's a fashion show, with dresses by Adrian, who did all the clothes for the movie. When the fashion show starts, it turns to color, beautiful colors and beautiful designs. After the show it goes back to b/w. If nothing else, that is a reason for watching this movie. BTW, another masterpiece of story and set design is My Man Godfrey, with William Powell and Carole Lombard .
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society... outside of a kennel...Best line in the movie and one of the best ever in Hollywood history!
For Paulette and director George Cukor, THE WOMEN was a sort of consolation prize for not getting GONE WITH THE WIND. (Well, George had it but lost it when Gable and Selznick wanted a "less artistic" director.)
The first time I saw this movie was in 1986 at the Navy Barracks in Misawa, Japan. They had three video channels in the barracks. You could request playing a movie on one of the three channels. This movie seemed to be requested over and over. There are so many good one liners in this movie. You could re-shoot this movie with all gay men and not even change much dialog.
"Well, you's quite the actress ain't ya" "My boyfriend says I got eyes like Jeanette MacDonald" "Did he say anything about your legs?" This movie should be core curriculum in Gay 101 Thanks for a fun review :)
This classic must be watched with an audience at San Francisco's Castro Theatre. In the Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) bathtub scene, Little Mary said, "Well, good night." "Wait a second there. Good night, whom?" reprimanded Crystal. Then someone in the audience screamed, "GOOD NIGHT, MOMMIE DEAREST!!!" We were all on the floor laughing away.
Hey Steve! This movie is another winner. The cast, the costumes, the dialogue...all superb! However, with all the great talent in this picture my favorite scenes are when the cook and the ladies maid discuss the pending break up of Mary and Steven. Especially the cook. Her philosophy and insight on the state of men and marriage is both funny and astute.
Totally agree! One of the best scenes in the picture and Cukor, being the superb director of actors that he is, carefull shoots it with as much care as he would for Crawford, or Shearer. " My boyfriend say I've got a voice like Jeanette McDonald>' " Did he vere look at your legs?" Hilarious.
My husband and I are binge watching your videos this week. Still belly laughing and learning the sweet little tidbits on cinema history. Thanks, Steve...you are a gem!!
I wish I had known about Steve playing the Mary Boland part at Town Hall. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Steve and his movies add a lot of sunshine to the lives of me and my friends. Thank you. One of your many rabid fans, Eddie
I actially got to lay her in a concert version of "The Women" done by an all drag cast a few ears back. One of my favorite experiences. I stole EVERYTHING from Mary! Adore her!
Steve - My all-time favourite film, I watched this late night as a child in the uk - and it's cast a spell on me forever. I truly enjoy all your productions - take care.
I just discovered you, Steve. You are fabulous! My favorite line in the movie is from Nancy Blake when Sylvia asks her what she is and she answers, "What nature abhors...an old maid, a frozen asset." As a sister frozen asset, I love it!
LOL! She and The Countess are my two favorite characters! My favorite exachange in the film is during the montage at begining; " One more treatment and she wont have a hair on her head!" "Well, she's got plenty on her arms, Honey!" "She sure do shed!" Hilarious!
Years ago, I attended a party when, later in the evening, the host began to complain about his absent husband. I said, "What have you got to kick about? You've got everything that matters. You've got the name, the position, the money..." Half the room roared, and the other half got a lesson in what movies must be seen and the importance of "lines". Now I'll have to remember, "Every drag queen's wet dream is in this movie." So glad this came up in my queue again.
That's so funny! I love throwing old movie lines into sociol situations and seeing how they land and who does or doesn't get the references. Here are a couple of my favorites, when I was younger and would see some guy checking me out; " Leave something on me I might catch cold". Or, when someone was complaing about having to work for a living: "You must have been frightened by a callus at an early age." ( Both Eve Arden in "Mildred Pierce"). Ya gotta love the wit of those amazing writers. Thanks for watching and by all means, keep quoting!! Best: Steve
Dear Steve, what I'd have given to see you play the Mary Boland role! Belatedly I've realised that once, a long time ago, I saw this film on television and loved it. (To my great regret, it has never been on TV here since.) Amongst other details, it revealed the huge differences in height of the cast: Joan Fontaine tiny, Rosalind Russell towering, etc. But whilst I agree that it's dated, I remember it being wonderfully funny because the dialogue and the performances were so good. I must get the dvd and enjoy it all over again. (And by the way I think Ros Russell absolutely deserved being over the title.) In the 1950s I saw the film "The Opposite Sex" in the cinema, a musical which was based on this plot, but introduced men into the cast and which should have done well but somehow just didn't work for me. Joan Collins, who played the Joan Crawford character in it, wrote in her autobiography that when she had to play the scene where she's sitting in a foam bath strong household detergent was used to create the foam, and after a few days her most intimate areas were absolutely raw. What film stars suffer! Thank you for another lovely review. I do get worried that your website is so huge that comments don't always reach you, but I hope you get this one (and others) because I'm always delighted by your reviews. Best wishes, Alida
Dear Alida; What I love most about "The Women" is that, thanks to the screenplay and Cukor's direction, it gives every ac tress down to the the smallest role, wonderful moments and opposrtunities to shine. My favorite scene is the one with the maid and the cook discussing the divorce of Mary Haines over coffee in the kitchen. COOK: " We'll, you're quite the little actress, ain't ya?" MAID: " My Boyfriend says I gotta' voice like Jeanette McDonald's! " COOK: " Did he ever look at your legs?" Hilarious. I also love Florence Nash as Nancy the authoress: ' " I'm what nature abhors. I'm an old maid. A frozen asset." She was the sister of actress Mary Nash who a year later was so good as Kate Hepburn's mother in " The Philadelphia Story". " Don't say stinks, Dinah. Smells is quite enough." I guess it all comes down to Cukor. He really let these incredible women shine. Have a lovely weekend. Steve
"I'm what nature abhors. I'm an old maid. a frozen asset." LOL! Good for you! Thanks so much for watching! Don't forget to subscribe and please push the "LIKE" button. Stay well, watch old movies and stay SAFE! Best; Steve
1939! What a year for movie's and I love the silly little hats the ladies wear! The story goes when Joan Fontaine was pitched the story of The Women she was concerned that the movie was about lesbians! And when Joan Crawford was pitched the movie of The Women she asked "there's other women in the movie"?
Fabulous, but wish the commentary had gone on a minute or two longer, to include something on Adrian, including that dye-transfer/ 3 strip /Glorious Technicolor fashion show.....
I love this movie !!! I watch at least once every other month. Norma, Joan and the Roz come on can't beat it . if there is a video of your performance as the Contessa got to put it on RUclips, please .
I think it's kinda hilarious (in a sad way) that the women who are being cheated on complain about the MEN. Guess what, gals? Your men are cheating on you with other *WOMEN* . So how does that make us morally superior? We're not. It's a two way tie for last place.
Steve- loved your photo as the Countess. Wish I could see your performance. Butterfly McQueen has one scene where she is very good, as Is Crawford. " it's about time he found out I'm a home girl." And i love Paulette Goddard in anything. Thanks for doing another of my 100 favorite movies.
I’m binge-watching your videos right now, and I’m glad to see you covered The Women. I have lost count how many times I have seen this movie since watching it for the first time on late-night television in the late summer of 1978. I had read Rosalind Russell’s autobiography which had come out a few months earlier, so I wanted to see it. And now I’ve probably seen it hundreds of times…this movie is so memorable. Interestingly, Joan and Norma were on better terms later on, after Norma had long left the business, during the fifties. I don’t know if Paulette really forgave Roz for biting her leg. ❤ your imitating Dennie Moore and Mary Boland😁
I dunno, but welcome aborad! Take moment to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes and please push the "LIKE" button . It really helps! have a great day! Steve
Always thought Roz had the best diction. She can talk super fast and clearly. Barbara Streisand can also pull it off but lacks the "posh" accent. Love these reviews Steve you are the best !!!
You're absolutely right lol. Either woman could have been an auctioneer lol Meatloaf is another one who can sing extremely fast lyrics yet still be understood.:o)
Roz came from New York society and was educated in Swiss schools. She was very partucular about her diction and her pronunciation, Cukor said that was one of the things that made her so funny. She was very sophisticated, then would get down and do pratfalls.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Mame, Gypsy and The Trouble with Angels are my Roz fave's. I'll bet her society family wasn't thrilled with her acting decision but we are. :o)
RUclips gives everybody the opportunity to "host" their videos. Unfortunately, most are narcissistic rather than entertaining. Yours, however, are most enjoyable. Thanks.
My mother introduced me to this film when I was twelve. A master- mistresspiece if ever there was one. From the bit players to the featured stars, sheer comedic perfection. Thank you, dear Steve! 💖🌈🌹
I thought sure you had reviewed Little Women with Katherine Hepburn, and this one came up. Any chance you might do it some day? I just want to hear your Hepburn imitation!😀😀
a totally amazing movie ,joan and norma together ,joan really shines in this role. im surprised you didn't already do this one its such a classic ,steve you have my vote to host tcm I cant think of anyone better ,I always look forward to each new review ,
It was not George Cukor who stopped Crawford's and Shearer's cars. That was Laszlo Willinger, who was the still photographer for the movie. They were supposed to take publicity photos that day but neither wanted to go in the studio before the other one.
I recently joined a newish Facebook group called “The We 💚 All about Eve Society” and went poking around RUclips for stuff I could share. That’s when I found your 100th episode. They loved it! I also belong to the group “Turner Classic Movies Fan Site” so I thought I’d post some of your videos there too. Are you okay with that?
When Russell started her first scene, Cukor kept scream FASTER! Again FASTER! until she was racing through the lines. She repeated it in His Girl Friday.
Looks like a fun movie: Norma looks cross-eyed tho & overacts.😜 Joan looks Great ! 💄 Roz is funny The old gal, Countess ? is sooo Dizzy 👑 Gotta watch 💿
As far as I'm concerned this is the movie that released Rosalind Russell from prim English woman bondage. Finally that's the Roz Russell I know and love.
Another great intro Steve Have you come across the reference to the play in the wonderful book The Gay Metropolis? If not, apparently the military put on a performance comprising an entire male caste, semi nude! Talk about camp! Allegedly Clare Booth Luce was in the audience and commented that the show really didn't need any women...... Back to the movie. One of my absolute favourites. Wonderful script, cast and director I'm surprised how many people of a certain age and proclivity do not know of it ...
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Steve, you'r so wonderful. I wonder if you've ever thought of doing "That Hamilton Woman" with Vivien? She was absolutely amazing in it!
"The Opposite Sex". Also Ann Miller, Ann Sheridan, Margery Main..... Can't really make comparisons. Apples and oranges. But jolly fun. Please excuse any mis-spelled names. Too lazy to look them up.
I got to play The Countess at Town Hall in New York a few years back, with a cast that included, Charles Busch, Lypsinka, Varla Jean Merman and David Drake among so many others. I even did an earlier version where Miss Cococ Peru played The Paulette Goddard psrt. ... it was one of my favortie roles ! "L'amour! L'amour! "
It's so weird to me to hear that Rosalind Russell wasn't known for comedy at that point, as I mostly remember her for this movie, His Girl Friday, and Auntie Mame. She's a great comedic actress!
Legendary with impeccable comic timing. However, through the 1930's she was always cast as either the "other' woman", or the " second banana" to Jean Harlow or Myrna Loy. She got a few really great dramatic roles; ' Craig's Wife", " The Citadel" & " Night Must Fall'. But nobody thought of her in comedy until she campaigned rigorously for the role of Sylvia in " The Women." Thanks for watching! Steve
One of the best comedies ever made. The biggest blunder made by the remake was trying to modernize it. Oy, what a screwup. It should have been set in the right time, with the original script. Nothing beats the flying needles in this movie, plus everyone looks so gorgeous!
Oh dear, here we go. You got me started. I loveit too! I think the biggest problem with the recent remake as well as with the "50's version ( The Opposite Sex), was in the casting. There was a real lack of brilliant COMIC performances. Cukor really knew what he was doing in casting it full of some of the smartest , most brilliant comedic actresses of the era. How can you miss with the likes of Roz Russell taking the fast track in her first of many outragious comic portrayls and the genius of Mary Boland, who really steals the picture for me. Then there's the wise, witty and wonderful Lucile Watson and then blustry comic brilliance of Marjorie Main. Every actress down to the smallest roles are given terrific bits. The whole panorama through the beauty salon sets up the whole movie. Hilarious one liners! And that supporting cast : Denni Moore as the Manicurist, Florence Nash as nancy the writer, with her wry, perfect delivery; "I'm what nature abhors, I'm an old maid. A frozen asset." Love her! All delivered to perfection, Phyllis Povah as Edith; " I hate this dress . It always makes me feel like I should sing something." . And those two marvelous actresses who play the cook and the maid in the downstairs kitchen scene over coffee and pie. Hilarious! And they, in turn, help the actresses who aren't know for their comic skills; Crawford...best comic role she ever attempted, Paulette Goddard, warm , wise and wonderful and Shearer who pulls off the most difficult part in the film with her warmth and her ability to listen and react. Nope. They shouldn't touch it. They'll never get it right. Sorry to get on a soap box about this. But if you're gonna do a remake, do it because you can bring something different to it. If not, leave the classics alone. Thanks so much for watching! Please subscribe and push the "LIKE" button. All my best and Stay Safe. Steve
@Mark Allen Awww, "Ain't that perfection?" Thanks so much, Buddy! I hope this finds you well, happy and SAFE! Thanks, as always, for watching and belated Happy New Year!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ You are so right. I saw The Women as a play and they tried to update it. They did keep some of the classic lines but changed the delivery- not sure if it was intended as a different interpretation or to simply to not copy the original. They didn't pull it off. Many of Sylvia's best fell flat. The audience reception was, well, polite.
@@falcon664 I remember that revival, and though I missed it, heard similar complaints. I think alot of it goes back to the casting. I remember reading an interview with George Cukor , who said that one of the reasons that Roz Russelll was so funny as Sylvia, was that she was inately sophisticated, having been brought up in New York society and educated at Swiss boarding schools, she could be haughty and grand and yet, do pratfalls and low comedy simultaniously. She had incredible comic timing, spoke perfect French, always used the correct pronunciation of everything she said, then in an instant, could throw out the most current and common slang at the drop of a hat . Comedy is often based on opposites , you start something one way, and vear off in another direction , so it ends with a totally different result/ meaning that the one expected, which brings on the laugh. Roz was a master. I learned more about comedy from watching her and Lucille Ball than anyone. Thanks for watching! Steve
Susan was the most popular best actress of the '50s. Along with Marilyn and Doris Day, she appeared 3 times in the top ten box office list and received 3 best actress nominations and tne Oscar. Only Deborah Kerr received more best actress nominations during the decade than Susan, four, but Deborah, alas, never appeared in the top ten box office list. For the youngsters out there wondering about Liz Taylor's popularity during the '50s: she appeared in to top ten list only once, in '58. She appeared 8 times more in the '60s.
I want to see the old days of America rather than stories, so I watch silent movies first. My favorites are 1940s and 50s drama and film noir. My favorite actor is Harolld Lloyd.
Note for viewers: All movie covers shown by Steve on his YT channel are not limited to being in DVD format only. Many are also available on beautiful blu-ray. So check 'em out!
I’m absolutely enamored with you Steve! I would love to read for half of the characters in a reading with you one day while you read the opposites . Then we can switch. It would be a a whole day of “ back and forth”... I think I could hold my own with you 😊
Steve needs to be a host on TCM! Absolutely entertaining, informative, and delightful as always!
Thanks George!!! have a great summer!
Seriously, or logo Sunday's
OH yes, definitely!
Yeah why isn't he? He'd be perfect, I posted him in the TCM group on facebook and they loved him.
@@dabigdikdangler Thanks so much!!!
I can't believe you didn't tell them about the fashion show. This film is in gorgeous black and white, but in the middle there's a fashion show, with dresses by Adrian, who did all the clothes for the movie. When the fashion show starts, it turns to color, beautiful colors and beautiful designs. After the show it goes back to b/w. If nothing else, that is a reason for watching this movie.
BTW, another masterpiece of story and set design is My Man Godfrey, with William Powell and Carole Lombard .
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society... outside of a kennel...Best line in the movie and one of the best ever in Hollywood history!
My favorotite; ' I'm what nature abhors, I'm an old maid, a frozen asset."
Paulette Goddard is also amazing in this film. She's a seriously underappreciated actress from this era.
For Paulette and director George Cukor, THE WOMEN was a sort of consolation prize for not getting GONE WITH THE WIND. (Well, George had it but lost it when Gable and Selznick wanted a "less artistic" director.)
I absolutely agree. Paulette also did "the Cat and The Canary" atround this time and was so warm, natural, wise and funny. I have a "thing" for her.
She DOES get to bite Roz.
I highly concur!
John Reimer Well John, Paulette was a big star in 'The Great Dictator.' Hugely famous for it.
"By the way, there's a name for you ladies. But it isn't used,,,,outside of a kennel." Hahahahha!
"...but it isn't used in high society...outside of a kennel."
Yep..leave it to our Joanie,!!!
I actually have used that line (on my way out😊)
This line was added by the screenwriter
The last classic line in a movie full of classic lines.
This is one of my favorite movie ,especially the wardrobe and to know Miss Crawford and Miss Sheer didn’t like each other adds a little spice.
No love lost there.
“….outside of a kennel.” BEST LINE EVER. I employ it often. Thanks Steve. ❤
Hello Darlin', That's what the movies are for, to give us needed amunition in war, the work place and family reunions.
The first time I saw this movie was in 1986 at the Navy Barracks in Misawa, Japan. They had three video channels in the barracks. You could request playing a movie on one of the three channels. This movie seemed to be requested over and over. There are so many good one liners in this movie. You could re-shoot this movie with all gay men and not even change much dialog.
We had drag queens playing all roles in a theatrical production. There was also a musical version _Jungle Red_ all played by drag queens.
"Well, you's quite the actress ain't ya"
"My boyfriend says I got eyes like Jeanette MacDonald"
"Did he say anything about your legs?"
This movie should be core curriculum in Gay 101
Thanks for a fun review :)
Jeanette MacDonald had bad legs?
You mean it isn't?!???
The Women is unparalleled! The dialogue is razor sharp. And I love your storytelling :-D
Thank you so much!
"Our new one-piece lace foundation garment: zips up the back and no bones."
I quote that everytime I buy underwear at Target!
Ha, ha, ha !!!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ😂
This classic must be watched with an audience at San Francisco's Castro Theatre. In the Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) bathtub scene, Little Mary said, "Well, good night." "Wait a second there. Good night, whom?" reprimanded Crystal. Then someone in the audience screamed, "GOOD NIGHT, MOMMIE DEAREST!!!" We were all on the floor laughing away.
Brilliant!! Love it!!!!!
Hilarious!
Hey Steve! This movie is another winner. The cast, the costumes, the dialogue...all superb! However, with all the great talent in this picture my favorite scenes are when the cook and the ladies maid discuss the pending break up of Mary and Steven. Especially the cook. Her philosophy and insight on the state of men and marriage is both funny and astute.
Totally agree! One of the best scenes in the picture and Cukor, being the superb director of actors that he is, carefull shoots it with as much care as he would for Crawford, or Shearer. " My boyfriend say I've got a voice like Jeanette McDonald>' " Did he vere look at your legs?" Hilarious.
I can't tell you how much I look forward to your reviews! Honey you crack me up!
LOL!!!!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ no recent posts Steve. What's going on? Come on ...give it to us!!!
I'm stuck up here in northern Michigan!! Send something to save my sanity ...plz!!!! lol
My husband and I are binge watching your videos this week. Still belly laughing and learning the sweet little tidbits on cinema history. Thanks, Steve...you are a gem!!
I'm so glad you are watching! Thanks a million!
I like the way you say, "Not all of them...but a few." Oooh, my heart!!
OXOx ! Thanks so much!
I wish I had known about Steve playing the Mary Boland part at Town Hall. I wouldn't have missed it for the world. Steve and his movies add a lot of sunshine to the lives of me and my friends. Thank you. One of your many rabid fans, Eddie
Ohj Eddie, thank you so much! You made my day!!!
You are astonishing. Nail it every time. Love ya.
Thanks so much!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ no current material Steve?
Mary Boland steals this movie - L'amour l'amour toujours l'amour for sure.
La publicity!
I can hear her shrieks now as she wails over Buck's infidelity!
Get me a Bromide...and put some gin in it!
I actially got to lay her in a concert version of "The Women" done by an all drag cast a few ears back. One of my favorite experiences. I stole EVERYTHING from Mary! Adore her!
Steve - My all-time favourite film, I watched this late night as a child in the uk - and it's cast a spell on me forever. I truly enjoy all your productions - take care.
You too and thank you. Be well. Be safe!
I just discovered you, Steve. You are fabulous! My favorite line in the movie is from Nancy Blake when Sylvia asks her what she is and she answers, "What nature abhors...an old maid, a frozen asset." As a sister frozen asset, I love it!
LOL! She and The Countess are my two favorite characters! My favorite exachange in the film is during the montage at begining; " One more treatment and she wont have a hair on her head!" "Well, she's got plenty on her arms, Honey!" "She sure do shed!" Hilarious!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ And a shout out to the fabulous Lucille Watson. She was so great in Watch On the Rhine.
@@LisaContestabile-vd5zg Totally agree!
Years ago, I attended a party when, later in the evening, the host began to complain about his absent husband. I said, "What have you got to kick about? You've got everything that matters. You've got the name, the position, the money..." Half the room roared, and the other half got a lesson in what movies must be seen and the importance of "lines".
Now I'll have to remember, "Every drag queen's wet dream is in this movie."
So glad this came up in my queue again.
That's so funny! I love throwing old movie lines into sociol situations and seeing how they land and who does or doesn't get the references. Here are a couple of
my favorites, when I was younger and would see some guy checking me out; " Leave something on me I might catch cold". Or, when someone was complaing about having to work for a living: "You must have been frightened by a callus at an early age." ( Both Eve Arden in "Mildred Pierce"). Ya gotta love the wit of those amazing writers. Thanks for watching and by all means, keep quoting!! Best: Steve
Dear Steve, what I'd have given to see you play the Mary Boland role! Belatedly I've realised that once, a long time ago, I saw this film on television and loved it. (To my great regret, it has never been on TV here since.) Amongst other details, it revealed the huge differences in height of the cast: Joan Fontaine tiny, Rosalind Russell towering, etc. But whilst I agree that it's dated, I remember it being wonderfully funny because the dialogue and the performances were so good. I must get the dvd and enjoy it all over again. (And by the way I think Ros Russell absolutely deserved being over the title.) In the 1950s I saw the film "The Opposite Sex" in the cinema, a musical which was based on this plot, but introduced men into the cast and which should have done well but somehow just didn't work for me. Joan Collins, who played the Joan Crawford character in it, wrote in her autobiography that when she had to play the scene where she's sitting in a foam bath strong household detergent was used to create the foam, and after a few days her most intimate areas were absolutely raw. What film stars suffer! Thank you for another lovely review. I do get worried that your website is so huge that comments don't always reach you, but I hope you get this one (and others) because I'm always delighted by your reviews. Best wishes, Alida
Dear Alida;
What I love most about "The Women" is that, thanks to the screenplay and Cukor's direction, it gives every ac tress down to the the smallest role, wonderful moments and opposrtunities to shine. My favorite scene is the one with the maid and the cook discussing the divorce of Mary Haines over coffee in the kitchen. COOK: " We'll, you're quite the little actress, ain't ya?" MAID: " My Boyfriend says I gotta' voice like Jeanette McDonald's! " COOK: " Did he ever look at your legs?" Hilarious. I also love Florence Nash as Nancy the authoress: ' " I'm what nature abhors. I'm an old maid. A frozen asset." She was the sister of actress Mary Nash who a year later was so good as Kate Hepburn's mother in " The Philadelphia Story". " Don't say stinks, Dinah. Smells is quite enough." I guess it all comes down to Cukor. He really let these incredible women shine. Have a lovely weekend. Steve
Really great movie. Nice to hear some behind the scenes stuff as well.
Thanks so much!
My daughter and I know every line. "Any ladle is sweet if it's dishing out the gravy."
"I'm what nature abhors. I'm an old maid. a frozen asset." LOL! Good for you! Thanks so much for watching! Don't forget to subscribe and please push the "LIKE" button. Stay well, watch old movies and stay SAFE! Best; Steve
1939! What a year for movie's and I love the silly little hats the ladies wear! The story goes when Joan Fontaine was pitched the story of The Women she was concerned that the movie was about lesbians! And when Joan Crawford was pitched the movie of The Women she asked "there's other women in the movie"?
Considering the sources, both make perfect sense to me. LOL!
Yay! It was finally made, I waited so long to have The Women as your topic. Nice review, Steve TOQ. You rock everytime!
Thanks Ghee! You rock!
One of my all-time favorite movies and Steve, as usual, you did an amazing job. I've seen this review many times, just like the film it's reviewing!
Yes, it all comes together beautifully and is brilliantly cast down to the smallest bit patrt. I see something new with every viewing.
"Can you believe that guy? He almost stood me up for his wife!"
I love this movie! It's a non stop laugh riot! . Thanks, Steve.
You're welcome. I love it too!
Fabulous, but wish the commentary had gone on a minute or two longer, to include something on Adrian, including that dye-transfer/ 3 strip /Glorious Technicolor fashion show.....
Oh, Bob...
This is my favorite sound movie. Whenever I get the blues I watch The Women.
Me too! Join the club!
Terrific review! Love this flim! Great job Mr. Hayes!
Thank you so much!
TOQ, you are a new discovery and have enhanced my life immensely dear.
I'm delighted! You have mine! Thanks for watching!
I love this movie !!! I watch at least once every other month. Norma, Joan and the Roz come on can't beat it . if there is a video of your performance as the Contessa got to put it on RUclips, please .
I think it's kinda hilarious (in a sad way) that the women who are being cheated on complain about the MEN. Guess what, gals? Your men are cheating on you with other *WOMEN* . So how does that make us morally superior? We're not. It's a two way tie for last place.
Thanks so much. Unfortunately, there wasn't. A moment in time. Loved and lost. But loved to the max!
Steve- loved your photo as the Countess. Wish I could see your performance. Butterfly McQueen has one scene where she is very good, as Is Crawford. " it's about time he found out I'm a home girl." And i love Paulette Goddard in anything. Thanks for doing another of my 100 favorite movies.
My pleasure. This is one of mine as well. I loved playing The Countess.
You're the best actor of the lot of them, Steve - as good as they are. Terrific review!
LOL! Don't let them hear you say that! Thanks so much! Steve
Great review, of course, Steve, but this is my go to movie if I'm feeling down. I laugh my head off and have done for nearly fifty years.
It's perfection and absolutely hilarious! Cukor was a genius! Steve
Thanks for your review. This is one of my all-time favorite films - what a hoot!
And the best thing is, you see something new with each viewing!
Joan gave a brilliant performance ♥️
She had great competition and rose to the occasion! Everyone is wonderful! Best; Steve
I’m binge-watching your videos right now, and I’m glad to see you covered The Women. I have lost count how many times I have seen this movie since watching it for the first time on late-night television in the late summer of 1978. I had read Rosalind Russell’s autobiography which had come out a few months earlier, so I wanted to see it. And now I’ve probably seen it hundreds of times…this movie is so memorable.
Interestingly, Joan and Norma were on better terms later on, after Norma had long left the business, during the fifties. I don’t know if Paulette really forgave Roz for biting her leg.
❤ your imitating Dennie Moore and Mary Boland😁
Love 'em both!
And Toto too ! Love this pic !!
Awesome Steve!!!
I absolutely love your reviews! How am I only just now discovering you??
I dunno, but welcome aborad! Take moment to subscribe so you don't miss future episodes and please push the "LIKE" button . It really helps! have a great day! Steve
One of my favorite movies. That and Stage Door tie.
This is my favorite gay movie of all time. I see that you took Joan Fontaine's advice. Always be photographed from above.
37,000 feet if I'm lucky.
Always thought Roz had the best diction. She can talk super fast and clearly. Barbara Streisand can also pull it off but lacks the "posh" accent. Love these reviews Steve you are the best !!!
No, YOU are the best. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend!
In Barbra's scenes with Ryan O'Neal while they are in the drug store, she has some wicked fast lines of dialogue.
You're absolutely right lol. Either woman could have been an auctioneer lol Meatloaf is another one who can sing extremely fast lyrics yet still be understood.:o)
Roz came from New York society and was educated in Swiss schools. She was very partucular about her diction and her pronunciation, Cukor said that was one of the things that made her so funny. She was very sophisticated, then would get down and do pratfalls.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Mame, Gypsy and The Trouble with Angels are my Roz fave's. I'll bet her society family wasn't thrilled with her acting decision but we are. :o)
RUclips gives everybody the opportunity to "host" their videos. Unfortunately, most are narcissistic rather than entertaining. Yours, however, are most enjoyable. Thanks.
I thank you!
My mother introduced me to this film when I was twelve. A master- mistresspiece if ever there was one. From the bit players to the featured stars, sheer comedic perfection.
Thank you, dear Steve! 💖🌈🌹
I think so too! Brilliant from begining to end!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ "Our new one piece foundation garment zips up the back and no bones . . ." 💖😉
Steve!!! I love you and I love this film!
OMG! Thanks so much!
What fun to hear you break it down!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
It's high time-- and you didn't disappoint!
Well, thank God! LOl!
They should've called this "Feud: 1939"!
i love this movie!!! Thanks Steve for a great review!! Roz had so much class throughout her career! I love all the details you pulled out!
I'm so glad! Thank you for watching!
So love this movie. Thanks for everything you do Steve. It's the fourth of July and I've been watching your reviews just about all day.
Thank you for spending your 4th with the TOQ!
So good to see a new review from you 😀. Great 👍
I love this movie, and I love Steve's commentary.
Thank you Charles!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ 😘
I've had this movie for years and never looked at it. Shame on me. I certainly will now. That's a wonderful review Steve. Be good and do some more!
Thanks Micahel! I will! Please keep watching!
Thank you Steve!!
I love this movie, watch it often on DVD:
My philosophy is, if you love 'em, OWN 'EM! LOL!Thanks for watching! Steve
Thanks so much - I've been waiting for years for you to do this film - my all time favorite!
My pleasure.
YAAAASSSS the queen is back! ❤️❤️❤️
I sure am, Missy! LOL!Now...what about my back?!?
I thought sure you had reviewed Little Women with Katherine Hepburn, and this one came up.
Any chance you might do it some day? I just want to hear your Hepburn imitation!😀😀
It's on my " to do" list! Thanks for watching!
a totally amazing movie ,joan and norma together ,joan really shines in this role. im surprised you didn't already do this one its such a classic ,steve you have my vote to host tcm I cant think of anyone better ,I always look forward to each new review ,
I've been saving it for years. Just wanted to have it up my sleeve for when I needed it!
Rosalind Russell should of been nominated for an Oscar!!!!!
Not if the other's could help it.
Just saw "The Women" for the first time OMG WHAT A MOVIE 🎥🎥🎥🎥
It's a field day!
It was not George Cukor who stopped Crawford's and Shearer's cars. That was Laszlo Willinger, who was the still photographer for the movie. They were supposed to take publicity photos that day but neither wanted to go in the studio before the other one.
"It's taken 2 years, but I've finally grown claws...jungle red!" Virginia Wiedler was wonderful as little Mary.
And she was equally wonderful a year later in "The Philadelphia Story".Thanks for watching! Happy Halloween! Best; Steve
These videos need to be on TCM --- all of them! And Steve needs a regular gig as host and programmer. Email write-in campaign? How could we do this?
Thank you Kevin! Your mouth to God's ears! You made my day!
I recently joined a newish Facebook group called “The We 💚 All about Eve Society” and went poking around RUclips for stuff I could share. That’s when I found your 100th episode. They loved it! I also belong to the group “Turner Classic Movies Fan Site” so I thought I’d post some of your videos there too. Are you okay with that?
@@gothicm8152 Always and thank you!
every drag Queens wet dream for costumes....ya kill me, Steve! ya kill Me! when you coming to the west coast??
God only knows, but glad you are watching!
No other version can TOUCH this one!
You got that right!
yay you're back... with a bang
LOVE your commentary!
Thank you!
When Russell started her first scene, Cukor kept scream FASTER! Again FASTER! until she was racing through the lines. She repeated it in His Girl Friday.
I love it - a guy called Steve Hayes reviewing a movie with a character named Stephen Haines. Uh, coincidence? I KNOW not!
Well, they asked if they coud use my name and I said, If I can change mine to Joan Crawford. So, they did the next best thing.
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣That's great
Steve, I'm sure you were wonderful doing Mary Boland in The Women. You had the voice and look down pat.
Looks like a fun movie:
Norma looks cross-eyed tho & overacts.😜
Joan looks Great ! 💄
Roz is funny
The old gal, Countess ? is sooo Dizzy 👑
Gotta watch 💿
Yup! It's always fun!
As far as I'm concerned this is the movie that released Rosalind Russell from prim English woman bondage. Finally that's the Roz Russell I know and love.
You're a hoot, Steven! Haven't heard of you until now, and you're fabo! Hope you will share your stuff at my Hollywood Book Chat group on Facebook!
Thank you so much!
Love you so much!
Another great intro Steve
Have you come across the reference to the play in the wonderful book The Gay Metropolis?
If not, apparently the military put on a performance comprising an entire male caste, semi nude! Talk about camp!
Allegedly Clare Booth Luce was in the audience and commented that the show really didn't need any women......
Back to the movie. One of my absolute favourites. Wonderful script, cast and director
I'm surprised how many people of a certain age and proclivity do not know of it ...
I ove it too! Thanks so much for watching!
OMG, I just watched it again. It was FABULOUS!!!!
Well, of course it was! Happy ummer and thanks for watching! Best; Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Steve, you'r so wonderful. I wonder if you've ever thought of doing "That Hamilton Woman" with Vivien? She was absolutely amazing in it!
@@DavidHalChester I love Vivien! It's on my "To Do" list! Thanks for watching and for the sweet compliment! Happy Summer! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Oh, I simply can't wait! She was so good in it, she completely stole the movie from Olivier!
Wasn't this remade as a film/ sort of musical, with..June Allyson, Joan Collins as Crystal. And..Leslie Nielsen as Stephen..?
"The Opposite Sex". Also Ann Miller, Ann Sheridan, Margery Main..... Can't really make comparisons. Apples and oranges. But jolly fun. Please excuse any mis-spelled names. Too lazy to look them up.
You are a national treasure. God bless America!
I agree...at least with the latter! Thankjs so much! Steve
Ah, My Dear Mr. Hayes, if only they had cast YOU in EVERY role in THE WOMEN, now that would be an Academy Award winner to end all awards!😄🤩
I got to play The Countess at Town Hall in New York a few years back, with a cast that included, Charles Busch, Lypsinka, Varla Jean Merman and David Drake among so many others. I even did an earlier version where Miss Cococ Peru played The Paulette Goddard psrt. ... it was one of my favortie roles ! "L'amour! L'amour! "
It's so weird to me to hear that Rosalind Russell wasn't known for comedy at that point, as I mostly remember her for this movie, His Girl Friday, and Auntie Mame. She's a great comedic actress!
Legendary with impeccable comic timing. However, through the 1930's she was always cast as either the "other' woman", or the " second banana" to Jean Harlow or Myrna Loy. She got a few really great dramatic roles; ' Craig's Wife", " The Citadel" & " Night Must Fall'. But nobody thought of her in comedy until she campaigned rigorously for the role of Sylvia in " The Women." Thanks for watching! Steve
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Wow, thanks, I'll have to check those out!
Thank you Steve
One of the best comedies ever made. The biggest blunder made by the remake was trying to modernize it. Oy, what a screwup. It should have been set in the right time, with the original script. Nothing beats the flying needles in this movie, plus everyone looks so gorgeous!
Oh dear, here we go. You got me started. I loveit too! I think the biggest problem with the recent remake as well as with the "50's version ( The Opposite Sex), was in the casting. There was a real lack of brilliant COMIC performances. Cukor really knew what he was doing in casting it full of some of the smartest , most brilliant comedic actresses of the era. How can you miss with the likes of Roz Russell taking the fast track in her first of many outragious comic portrayls and the genius of Mary Boland, who really steals the picture for me. Then there's the wise, witty and wonderful Lucile Watson and then blustry comic brilliance of Marjorie Main. Every actress down to the smallest roles are given terrific bits. The whole panorama through the beauty salon sets up the whole movie. Hilarious one liners! And that supporting cast : Denni Moore as the Manicurist, Florence Nash as nancy the writer, with her wry, perfect delivery; "I'm what nature abhors, I'm an old maid. A frozen asset." Love her! All delivered to perfection, Phyllis Povah as Edith; " I hate this dress . It always makes me feel like I should sing something." . And those two marvelous actresses who play the cook and the maid in the downstairs kitchen scene over coffee and pie. Hilarious! And they, in turn, help the actresses who aren't know for their comic skills; Crawford...best comic role she ever attempted, Paulette Goddard, warm , wise and wonderful and Shearer who pulls off the most difficult part in the film with her warmth and her ability to listen and react. Nope. They shouldn't touch it. They'll never get it right. Sorry to get on a soap box about this. But if you're gonna do a remake, do it because you can bring something different to it. If not, leave the classics alone. Thanks so much for watching! Please subscribe and push the "LIKE" button. All my best and Stay Safe. Steve
@Mark Allen Awww, "Ain't that perfection?" Thanks so much, Buddy! I hope this finds you well, happy and SAFE! Thanks, as always, for watching and belated Happy New Year!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ You are so right. I saw The Women as a play and they tried to update it. They did keep some of the classic lines but changed the delivery- not sure if it was intended as a different interpretation or to simply to not copy the original. They didn't pull it off. Many of Sylvia's best fell flat. The audience reception was, well, polite.
@@falcon664 I remember that revival, and though I missed it, heard similar complaints. I think alot of it goes back to the casting. I remember reading an interview with George Cukor , who said that one of the reasons that Roz Russelll was so funny as Sylvia, was that she was inately sophisticated, having been brought up in New York society and educated at Swiss boarding schools, she could be haughty and grand and yet, do pratfalls and low comedy simultaniously. She had incredible comic timing, spoke perfect French, always used the correct pronunciation of everything she said, then in an instant, could throw out the most current and common slang at the drop of a hat . Comedy is often based on opposites , you start something one way, and vear off in another direction , so it ends with a totally different result/ meaning that the one expected, which brings on the laugh. Roz was a master. I learned more about comedy from watching her and Lucille Ball than anyone. Thanks for watching! Steve
This film is a gem, as is our tired OQ at the movies!
I'll give you an hour to cut that out...make it two. OXOXO
I’d love you guys to do some podcasts
Susan was the most popular best actress of the '50s. Along with Marilyn and Doris Day, she appeared 3 times in the top ten box office list and received 3 best actress nominations and tne Oscar. Only Deborah Kerr received more best actress nominations during the decade than Susan, four, but Deborah, alas, never appeared in the top ten box office list. For the youngsters out there wondering about Liz Taylor's popularity during the '50s: she appeared in to top ten list only once, in '58. She appeared 8 times more in the '60s.
I want to see the old days of America rather than stories, so I watch silent movies first. My favorites are 1940s and 50s drama and film noir.
My favorite actor is Harolld Lloyd.
Good choice.
So shocked that Oscar winner was not mentioned (although shown in a clip) at all.
Thanks, Steve. Interesting that you didn't mention Joan Fontaine. It's just as well, since she was the only one who wasn't very good in it. Cheers.
Finally!
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Thanks, that's very true!
I think every chatty manicurist in movies, and even Bugs Bunny, since was modeled after the character in this movie. lol
LOL! You're probably right! " You Monsters lead such innnnnnnnteresting lives." Hilarious!
@@STEVEHAYESTOQ Exactly!!
Jungle Red!
Don't be wearing it around town, people will think you're out for blood!
THE WOMEN at their meowing best.
To put it mildly.
I’m absolutely enamored with you Steve! I would love to read for half of the characters in a reading with you one day while you read the opposites . Then we can switch. It would be a a whole day of “ back and forth”... I think I could hold my own with you 😊