From what I have read this was Freddie Mercury's favorite film and he watched it repeatedly. No men in this film, even all the animals are female. The fight scene!
‘’There’s a name for you ladies, but it isn’t used in polite society outside of a kennel.” I had to open this comment with the iconic line for this film, one of my favorites all around which with the casting shows why Norma could easily reinvent herself after the Precodes and why Joan had such a hard time. It was all in the perception and it was harder to accept Joan as the good girl for the longest time. Norma played the part to perfection and had the backing of her powerful husband, Irving Thalberg to boot. For two great examples where you can see them almost with the opposite perception, check out Norma’s Oscar winning performance in “The Divorcee” and Joan’s heartbreaking performance in “Sadie McKee”. For two women who loathed each other, they were equally talented, ambitious and modern. Thank you for this great reaction, Mia! I look forward to continuing to follow your journey exploring classic cinema! ❤❤❤
In the 1970s one night, when my older sister was 17 and I was 16, we were staying up late and we ended up beginning this movie which started at 3am. We were captivated and knew all of the actors in it. One by one our parents got up for some water and they saw what we were watching and sat down to join us. We were all watching it for the first time and it’s a really happy memory for me of such a random way for all of us to be together in the middle of the night, not a care in the world, to do something as mundane as enjoying an old movie❤
Tremendous film. One of the best casts of all time. Again, another classic I was lucky to see on the big screen in the early 1980s. Thanks for covering this.
@charrid56maclean OMG YES!!!! She really is and the fact that she stepped away while still popular amazed me. The Women was one of the last films she did during her heyday. I LOVE her in Strange Interlude, that film was quite scandalous for the time. I read Norma Shearer: The Biography and it was quite interesting. The Divorcee, A Free Soul and Private Lives are some other Shearer greats!!! So awesome to see someone give her a shout out, she is VERY underrated! I'm surprised how many people I've met that say they love classic films but have never heard of her.
Norma Shearer was not underratated back in the day. She "ruled" as the queen of MGM from the time she was a silent movie star onwards. Clare Booth, who wrote the play, married Henry Luce, who was the founder of Time Magazine (and Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated). She was part of high society and "knew" these women. She served a couple of terms in Congress and was Ambasassdor to Italy in the 1950's. the first woman to hold such an important diplomatic position. The Luces were the original "power couple."
Punch! 😅 On the female rage part. Another good movie about mainly women of the time is "Stage Door", with the great Kathryn Hepburn and other up and coming actresses of the time period. Last. but not least, "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell is exceptional.
I love love love this film. The circle of my closest friends have incorporated so many one-liners from The Woman! Joan Crawford's best line, " There's a name for you ladies. But it isn't used in high society. Outside of a kennel."
I think your circle probably looks like my circle and we love it too! We can't function without our lines from "The Women". "Nuts?" "She's got those kind of eyes that go up and down a man...like a soich light" "Hey. What do ya mean by that? A crack?!" and "Pour Flora another little drinkie". 😂
My favorite movie of all time. I am 58, and my best friend and I first saw this on TV when we were 16. We have seen it SO many times we can literally recite the entire film, verbatim. Thanks for covering this gem!
One of my favorite comedies, love movies of that time; dialogue was everything. And not a single male in the cast! I would suggest Mildred Pierce for a Crawford movie.
Virginia Wiedler was in "The Philadelphia Story" the next year, Marjorie Main was in "Meet Me In St. Louis" and the Thin Man series, Paulette Goddard was a brilliant spark in this movie.
I've waited years for a reactor to watch this movie. This film was instrumental in Rosalind Russell's marriage a few years later. Many of the supporting actors had interesting careers themselves and when you figure out who they are you'll want to return for a second look.
Mia, another 30’s movie in the same vein as The Women is Stage Door(1937). Stage Door is set in a Broadway boardinghouse for women actors trying to get their big break. Features Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden Ann Miller and a couple of men. I think you’ll love it.
Enjoyed your smart reaction, thanks! You have yet to screen Grand Hotel, I think. That 1932 M-G-M classic offers Joan Crawford portraying a relatively vulnerable young woman amid a top-notch cast that includes Greta Garbo, both Barrymore brothers and Wallace Beery.
...I've grown claws..Jungle red!! YOU had to watch this one. I grew up watching old movies, and this one, a little dated. but a favorite classic essential...this is one of those with characters and dialogue and comebacks quotable for days...and The Red Shoes next! The music and the entire ballet sequence...another must. Cant wait.
I love this movie so much. The first time I watched it I didn’t realize there were no men in it until I was told after. So beautifully done. All of the amazing actresses. I love the wit from these older movies.
Joan Crawford made “A Woman’s Face” a few years after this movie. It’s worth watching. She plays a disfigured woman who has lived a life of crime because society shuns her. Then she has plastic surgery and becomes beautiful, but has to choose between the possibility of a new life or her criminal past.
Great reaction to this super witty classic. Such a superb production with a perfect cast. And I LOVE the Pillow Talk, The Women and The Red Shoes posters behind you. 3 terrific films.
Incredible film! I'm so glad you've finally gotten around to it. Everyone in this film really nailed their parts. My favorites were Roz Russell and Paulette Goddard, whoni think is very underrated. The script is absolute genius. Love it. Can't wait for your next video!
This film is so fantastic! There a a ton of "oh women are best friends" movies, but this one here is probably closer to reality lol. After working with mostly women, I find so many characters in this I have known. Loving your choices Mia
so glad the video is out!!!! the women is one of my fave classics, all performances were perfect and i do love the - like you said - "quick witted and fast paced dialogues of the 30s", i watch it at least twice a year. it was nice hearing some background of it, i had no idea norma and joan werent on good terms omg!
The lady who ran the dude ranch in Reno is Marjorie Main. She used to play Ma in the Ma & Pa Kettle movies. I love her. I knew you'd like this movie. I also like Rosalind Russell in *Gypsy* with Natalie Wood.
I was so excited that you watched this! I love Norma Shearer! Her and Clark Cable did a scandalous film for their day called Strange Interlude and it was that film that introduced me to her and then I found The Women. This show is so amazing. The cast is BRILLIANT. I hope you wore your jungle red while watching 😉 Thanks for this!!!
I very much enjoyed how this wasn’t a review of someone searching for something to be offended over! That seems to be the only thing people do when they talk about the past is proclaim their superiority. It’s nice to see someone who doesn’t think that way! 😃
Rosalind Russell did six different auditions for Sylvia. The first was -- in the vernacular of the time -- piss elegant. She went more down market with each one until the final was the type you see here. Joan Crawford's most famous role until -- _Baby Jane_ came along -- was _Mildred Pierce_ . You should probably also see _Our Dancing Daughters_ the silent that made her a star and _Rain_ which changed her image in the early 1930s.
Yes, this is one of my favorite movies. There are no men in the movie, but the movie is about men, and that made it stand out in 1939. Also, among many qualities, was its sensitive handling when Mary Haines tells her daughter about divorce. In my opinion, though it has been remade twice, nothing beats this original. I waited a long time for you to review this movie. Thank you once again for your great content and appreciation of classic movies!
Virginia Weidler had such presence as a child actor. She retired at the age of 16, married, and sadly passed away at the age of 41 from heart disease. I've always been fascinated with her. She seemed to have been a very private person and never gave interviews.
"I understand the position you're in." The position of having to marry someone he cheated on you with, Mary. He doesn't seem worth getting back, really.
Yay, welcome back! Thank you ☺️. Just as an aside, youu might find films like Red Dust, Baby Face and Golddiggers of 1933 interesting if you wanna watch more PreCodes ❤
12:27 When she was saying "That is I do mind but it's such good discipline for me over my selfishness of you" and "oh Stephen, I do need you so" - was I the only one who thought "And he bought that?"
The original tagline for this film was "It's all about Women - and their MEN!" It was the first all-female Hollywood production. Joan Crawford only really went for the film once the producer assured her that the lack of men didn't mean it was a lesbian film. (That wasn't the word she used, though.) The gossip columnist in the last scene was played by the infamous Hedda Hopper, who ruined more than one life with her magazine column. As you suspected, the color section was meant to show off the fashions, though it also emphasizes the fantasy element of a fashion show. It's really one of my favorites. It's so gloriously sharp, clever, and poisonous, and the claws are three inches long.
"How is it that the child has more wisdom than the adults in this triangle?" Truth and wisdom right there. "I aspire to be Rosalind Russell when I grow up!" (Okay, i want that on a T-shirt, coffee mug and bumper sticker)! 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction (as usual). Such a fun movie! I’m so excited that you’re reacting to The Red Shoes next. One of my favorite movies of all time!
This was one of the first classic films I ever saw when I rented it from Blockbuster. While all the cast was A+ I actually fell in love with Norma Shearer who is still my favorite actress of all-time. So glad you enjoyed this film. If you’re looking for a sophisticated comedy, try Trouble in Paradise (1932) Classic pre-code.
You dared to edit out Joan Crawford's final line. The best line in the film. Such a classy way to call someone a bitch,without calling them a bitch. And you exited it it out!!!!!!!!!
I've heard it said that back then, audiences knew to ignore the last 10 minutes of any movie because it was just the studios being forced to push a happy, "moral" ending 😂
The Women is one of my all-time favorite films. I love Marjorie Main (Lucy in Reno). She, along with Percy Kilbride, created the recurring characters Ma and Pa Kettle. First appearing as the Kettles in 1947's The Egg and I, they went on the portray the characters in about a dozen Ma and Pa Kettle films. She was also wonderful as The Widow Hudspeth living on a farm during the Civil War with two lonely, but eager to marry, homely daughters in 1956's Friendly Persuasion. She was also notable in Stella Dallas, The Harvey Girls, Stella Dallas, Meet Me in St Louis and The Long, Long Trailer. Her charisma and self-deprecation shines.
I watched this movie a couple weeks ago, when I saw that you were going to review it. Thanks so much for the recommendation! This was such a great movie. Seeing all these classic screen ladies together was awesome. Special shout-out to one of my favorite lesser-known character players: Theresa Harris (Olive, the dog minder at the health spa). It was also fun to see a send-up of the early 20th Century Reno divorce tourism industry.
Remember seeing this picture in a theater in Los Angeles. My friend and I had smoked a joint before going in the theater. I was stunned when the fashion show started in technicolor.
Watching this now, I can't believe I have both this AND The Red Shoes to watch with you! Hey, the dog in the very beginning of the movie? That's Toto! (Real name: Terry. Who was a female, so add that to the cast list!). Same year as Wizard Of Oz. I love that! She did two iconic movies in the same year! Good girl! (LOVING this reaction so far!!!)
So pleased to see you finally watching this great film. And _The Red Shoes_ is phenomenal. FWIW, the 2001 Broadway revival of the original play (which premiered in 1936) was excellent. Cynthia Nixon, as Mary, headed a spectacular cast. It was filmed and broadcast by PBS as part of its _Stage on Screen_ series. The video is available and is worth seeking out. For more Joan Crawford it's time for _Grand Hotel._ Also, there's _Letty Lynton,_ though you may want to wait until next year, when it will be in the public domain and will likely be reissued on DVD/BluRay.
Remade as a musical, The Opposite Sex (1956), with June Allyson, Dolores Gray, and Joan Collins in the roles played, respectively, by Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, and Joan Crawford. The worst of the three, but I love watching them all and comparing them to each other. Unlike the other two movies, this one definitely had men in it.
The Red Shoes is going to be such a treat! Every one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's films have a special magic. I do hope that The Red Shoes is a gateway drug and that you eventually get around to Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and Death, I Know Where I'm Going!, A Canterbury Tale, and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp!
They only used color for the fashion show sequence because Technicolor was complicated and expensive, and they were already doing “Gone With the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz” using it. What escaped most critics (and some viewers) is that the fashions were supposed to be a joke (jackets with mannequin hands for buttons?) but Adrian was so good you took it at face value. Great Performances filmed the Broadway revival with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Tilly, and Rue McClanahan. You can see where the Hollywood version cleaned things up a bit.
This was one of the first classic films I ever saw, and I fell in love with it, classic films, and Norma Shearer. You should watch Trouble in Paradise (1932).
I love this movie! You definitely need more Joan Crawford! A Woman's Face or Mildred Pierce would be great next watches for you. YOURE FINALLY DOING THE RED SHOES! OMG!!! Sorry for the caps, I've been waiting for this since you said you love Brit films. The only bad thing is it will send ou down a Powell and Pressburger rabbit hole - which you'll love!
Virginia Weidler was a wonderful actress ❤❤❤ I specially loved her in The Philadelphia Story and in All This and Heaven Too. She was only 41 when she died.
You are going to love the red shoes beside the fact that the dancer is one of the best dancers to ever grace the movie stage at that time. She’s magnificent and she strikingly beautiful. It’s a great movie. It’s very twisted psychologically
Loved this reaction. Another request for The Light in the Piazza. A beautiful romantic film adapted from a novella that features a main character with a disability with Olivia de Havilland, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton and Rossano Brazzi. It was turned into a musical that won 6 tony awards. If you haven't seen it yet you'd love it
Since Shearer was the main character and the story revolves around her, it seems normal that she would get top billing. This has always been one of my favorites. BTW, affairs in movies go way back to silents movies, stage plays and even earlier, books. For example the 1857 novel, Madame Bovary (also made into a 1940s movie.)
I've only seen this movie once but remember what a fun one! It has everything you want in a 1930's movie. Set design, dialog, fashion and an all-star cast!
3:40 the story, at least, was that Crawford was knitting just offstage while Shearer was filming a close up, making a lot of loud, distracting clicking noise. She may have been doing it on purpose; Crawford was always envious of Shearer and the preferential treatment she got for the best roles (married to the boss, after all 😂) Joan never quite got over her first film role as Shearer's double (she basically played the back of her head.) There are a LOT of stories of these two getting snippy with each other, but again, who knows how many of them were true. What is true is that Crawford really relished playing her enemy in The Women.
Little Virginia Weidler stole the show for me. What a fantastic actress! She also played the wise-cracking little sister to Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story" with Cary Grant. I think she "steals" the scene whenever she's on the screen.
I love this movie and always recommend it. I’m so happy you watched it and are helping other people to see it. It’s over the top and ridiculous in many ways. I like the 1951 remake with June Allyson and Joan Collin’s, too.
The dialogue and the performances are great, but I can't stand the message the movie seems to send to women about how turning a blind eye to marital infidelity is supposedly the wisest course of action.
I respectfully disagree. Mary takes us through all phases of facing a spouse’s infidelity: shock,disbelief, devestation , anger, etc. She refuses to give up on Steven. I don’t believe that Mary ‘turned a blind eye’ on anything. Her Mother wanted her to pretend, but Mary couldn’t do that. Instead she chose to forgive her husband. Forgiveness is not condoning! She knew in her heart that their undying love for each other would win out in the end.😊
I am glad you are back, love this channel. The women of this era in Hollywood were extremely beautiful. It seems that the quality of actors and actresses are as good as the older actors and actresses. In my personal opinion!!! This was fantastically written, I think Hollywood writers and producers need to watch older movies and start writing better films.
Please watch Joan Crawford’s masterpiece Mildred Pierce (1945) if you only seen Baby Jane and the woman. Then watch Johnny Guitar (1954) and Grand Hotel (1932).
I love this & many other classic movies… particularly those made in the 40’s- 50’s ( a few from the 30’s & 60’s as well). There are so many great ones. Have you seen ‘All About Eve’? It’s my all time favorite Bette Davis movie. Great cast. Great story.
Crawford plays the sympathetic character in Mildred Pierce. There her daughter, played by Ann Blyth I think, is the one you want to slap the whole movie. Butterfly McQueen is stuck in a servant role and didn't even get a screen credit, even though she has quite a few lines. Crazy. Mildred is the most sympathetic Crawford role I can think of. I also like the movie Best of Everything, but she's an Anna Wintour kind of character in that. Hope Lange, Diane Baker, and Suzy Parker shine, along with 1950s Manhattan, in that one, set in the offices of a book publisher.
Mia, I like your content, channel, passion, & love for movies & film, you're a great hostess, and narrator. Keep up the good work and fun. Even though black people were objectified to mostly subservient roles in that era, @ 5:31, the woman of color is simply gorgeous and has presence. The costume design is luxurious, the acting superb, and the movie was great. The scene in color, where they introduced the ladies modeling clothes, was done to showcase that particular style at that time, which was out in 1939, this was a creative way of advertising & highlighting these vintage clothes to the female audiences watching the movie. In this movie Rosalind Russel reminds me of a younger Susan Sarandon. 😉👍
From what I have read this was Freddie Mercury's favorite film and he watched it repeatedly. No men in this film, even all the animals are female. The fight scene!
No men in it but it seems that’s all the women talked about in the film.
The first dog in the very beginning of the movie......that's Toto! Same year as Wiz Of Oz. Love that!
‘’There’s a name for you ladies, but it isn’t used in polite society outside of a kennel.”
I had to open this comment with the iconic line for this film, one of my favorites all around which with the casting shows why Norma could easily reinvent herself after the Precodes and why Joan had such a hard time. It was all in the perception and it was harder to accept Joan as the good girl for the longest time. Norma played the part to perfection and had the backing of her powerful husband, Irving Thalberg to boot.
For two great examples where you can see them almost with the opposite perception, check out Norma’s Oscar winning performance in “The Divorcee” and Joan’s heartbreaking performance in “Sadie McKee”. For two women who loathed each other, they were equally talented, ambitious and modern.
Thank you for this great reaction, Mia! I look forward to continuing to follow your journey exploring classic cinema! ❤❤❤
Love this line
The Women is one of my favourite classic films of all time, Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer are divine.
One of those fighting dogs at the beginning is Terry...the dog that played Toto.
Early celebrity dog.
In the 1970s one night, when my older sister was 17 and I was 16, we were staying up late and we ended up beginning this movie which started at 3am. We were captivated and knew all of the actors in it. One by one our parents got up for some water and they saw what we were watching and sat down to join us. We were all watching it for the first time and it’s a really happy memory for me of such a random way for all of us to be together in the middle of the night, not a care in the world, to do something as mundane as enjoying an old movie❤
Such a sweet story.
OMGGGG THE QUEEN IS FINALLY BACKKK!!!! MISSED YOU SO MUCH MIAAAA 🩷🩷🩷🩷Loved the Women and i’m SO HAPPY that you’re reacting to it!! 🩷🩷
I've been waiting a week for this. Man, I've been dying a week for this. 😮
@@richruksenas5992 Reall!!! I love this movie and the reaction was PHENOMENAL!!
@@richruksenas5992Yes! Me too! And the reaction was beautifully done! I love Mia’s videos! She’s like my fav creator. 🩷
@@ahnyisbillingsley8589 I know, I wish she had more content faster. 😄
Tremendous film. One of the best casts of all time. Again, another classic I was lucky to see on the big screen in the early 1980s. Thanks for covering this.
Norma Shearer is criminally under rated. One of my favorite films is Idiots Delight and Shearer is so good in it.
@charrid56maclean OMG YES!!!! She really is and the fact that she stepped away while still popular amazed me. The Women was one of the last films she did during her heyday. I LOVE her in Strange Interlude, that film was quite scandalous for the time. I read Norma Shearer: The Biography and it was quite interesting. The Divorcee, A Free Soul and Private Lives are some other Shearer greats!!! So awesome to see someone give her a shout out, she is VERY underrated! I'm surprised how many people I've met that say they love classic films but have never heard of her.
Norma Shearer was not underratated back in the day. She "ruled" as the queen of MGM from the time she was a silent movie star onwards. Clare Booth, who wrote the play, married Henry Luce, who was the founder of Time Magazine (and Life, Fortune, Sports Illustrated). She was part of high society and "knew" these women. She served a couple of terms in Congress and was Ambasassdor to Italy in the 1950's. the first woman to hold such an important diplomatic position. The Luces were the original "power couple."
I really like her in Private Lives (1931) with Robert Montgomery.
Her heart wrenching portrayal of Marie Antoinette, is one of her best works.
@@voceval1 I am so ashamed to admit this, but I have yet to see it. I know I need to get on it and see it ASAP!
This is such a cultural time capsule! Only Mia would pick it to watch and that's why we watch Movies with Mia!
Punch! 😅 On the female rage part. Another good movie about mainly women of the time is "Stage Door", with the great Kathryn Hepburn and other up and coming actresses of the time period.
Last. but not least, "Auntie Mame" with Rosalind Russell is exceptional.
Yes! Stage Door is fantastic!
@@coxmosia1 just hearing ‘the calla lilies are in bloom’ makes me tear up. Excellent recommendation!
The quick witted dialogue delivered by these phenomenal actresses is beyond anything that you would ever see today!!❤🔥❤️
For more Joan Crawford performances: Mildred Pierce; Strange Cargo; Sudden Fear; Johnny Guitar; Humoresque; Possessed.
Mildred Pierce and Johnny Guitar are essential
I love love love this film. The circle of my closest friends have incorporated so many one-liners from The Woman! Joan Crawford's best line, " There's a name for you ladies. But it isn't used in high society. Outside of a kennel."
@@Tberger9 Don’t forget the also classic, “Get me a bromide …and put some gin in it.” by the Countess.
I think your circle probably looks like my circle and we love it too! We can't function without our lines from "The Women". "Nuts?" "She's got those kind of eyes that go up and down a man...like a soich light" "Hey. What do ya mean by that? A crack?!" and "Pour Flora another little drinkie". 😂
The shade of it all.
My favorite movie of all time. I am 58, and my best friend and I first saw this on TV when we were 16. We have seen it SO many times we can literally recite the entire film, verbatim. Thanks for covering this gem!
One of my favorite comedies, love movies of that time; dialogue was everything. And not a single male in the cast! I would suggest Mildred Pierce for a Crawford movie.
Mildred Pierce is an excellent recommendation! Crawford actually earns our sympathy.
Clare Luce wrote it.
Virginia Wiedler was in "The Philadelphia Story" the next year,
Marjorie Main was in "Meet Me In St. Louis" and the Thin Man series,
Paulette Goddard was a brilliant spark in this movie.
Don't forget Marjorie Main in the "MA & Pa Kettle" movies. Also loved her small part in " Friendly Persuasion"
@@ednafenton7558 Yes, I have the whole Kettle series!
@@richruksenas5992 me to.
I've waited years for a reactor to watch this movie. This film was instrumental in Rosalind Russell's marriage a few years later. Many of the supporting actors had interesting careers themselves and when you figure out who they are you'll want to return for a second look.
Mia, another 30’s movie in the same vein as The Women is Stage Door(1937). Stage Door is set in a Broadway boardinghouse for women actors trying to get their big break. Features Katherine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden Ann Miller and a couple of men. I think you’ll love it.
Enjoyed your smart reaction, thanks! You have yet to screen Grand Hotel, I think. That 1932 M-G-M classic offers Joan Crawford portraying a relatively vulnerable young woman amid a top-notch cast that includes Greta Garbo, both Barrymore brothers and Wallace Beery.
...I've grown claws..Jungle red!! YOU had to watch this one. I grew up watching old movies, and this one, a little dated. but a favorite classic essential...this is one of those with characters and dialogue and comebacks quotable for days...and The Red Shoes next! The music and the entire ballet sequence...another must. Cant wait.
I love this movie so much. The first time I watched it I didn’t realize there were no men in it until I was told after. So beautifully done. All of the amazing actresses. I love the wit from these older movies.
Joan Crawford made “A Woman’s Face” a few years after this movie. It’s worth watching. She plays a disfigured woman who has lived a life of crime because society shuns her. Then she has plastic surgery and becomes beautiful, but has to choose between the possibility of a new life or her criminal past.
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Oh, excellent choice 👏
Mia would love that one. 🍿 👍
The funny thing is that Joan Crawford started out as Norma Shearer's double in at least one silent movie.
Great reaction to this super witty classic. Such a superb production with a perfect cast. And I LOVE the Pillow Talk, The Women and The Red Shoes posters behind you. 3 terrific films.
Incredible film! I'm so glad you've finally gotten around to it. Everyone in this film really nailed their parts. My favorites were Roz Russell and Paulette Goddard, whoni think is very underrated.
The script is absolute genius. Love it.
Can't wait for your next video!
This film is so fantastic! There a a ton of "oh women are best friends" movies, but this one here is probably closer to reality lol. After working with mostly women, I find so many characters in this I have known. Loving your choices Mia
SO much closer to reality. Women haven't changed THAT much.
My favorite Joan Crawford movie is Mildred Pierce.
Another actress of the time period is Greer Garson. Blossoms In The Dust is a good one.
@@bonitaburroughs8673 Mildred Pierce is a great movie.
so glad the video is out!!!! the women is one of my fave classics, all performances were perfect and i do love the - like you said - "quick witted and fast paced dialogues of the 30s", i watch it at least twice a year. it was nice hearing some background of it, i had no idea norma and joan werent on good terms omg!
I had never seen this movie before and now I'm sorry. I'll find a copy a watch it end to end. Thx Miss Mia. Loved your reaction as usual.
The lady who ran the dude ranch in Reno is Marjorie Main. She used to play Ma in the Ma & Pa Kettle movies. I love her.
I knew you'd like this movie. I also like Rosalind Russell in *Gypsy* with Natalie Wood.
I was so excited that you watched this! I love Norma Shearer! Her and Clark Cable did a scandalous film for their day called Strange Interlude and it was that film that introduced me to her and then I found The Women. This show is so amazing. The cast is BRILLIANT. I hope you wore your jungle red while watching 😉 Thanks for this!!!
I very much enjoyed how this wasn’t a review of someone searching for something to be offended over! That seems to be the only thing people do when they talk about the past is proclaim their superiority. It’s nice to see someone who doesn’t think that way! 😃
I honestly have waited your review of this film. Finally!!
The Red Shoes is *beautiful* and strange. I can’t wait to see your reaction. (And Pillow Talk, which I’m hoping you’re planning to watch.)
Hint: notice the movie posters 😉
@@MoviesWithMia I was hoping that’s what that meant! I adore Pillow Talk; I think you’ll love it too.
I filmed it already… and I absolutely LOVED it!!
Rosalind Russell did six different auditions for Sylvia. The first was -- in the vernacular of the time -- piss elegant. She went more down market with each one until the final was the type you see here.
Joan Crawford's most famous role until -- _Baby Jane_ came along -- was _Mildred Pierce_ . You should probably also see _Our Dancing Daughters_ the silent that made her a star and _Rain_ which changed her image in the early 1930s.
Yes, this is one of my favorite movies. There are no men in the movie, but the movie is about men, and that made it stand out in 1939. Also, among many qualities, was its sensitive handling when Mary Haines tells her daughter about divorce.
In my opinion, though it has been remade twice, nothing beats this original. I waited a long time for you to review this movie. Thank you once again for your great content and appreciation of classic movies!
Virginia Weidler had such presence as a child actor. She retired at the age of 16, married, and sadly passed away at the age of 41 from heart disease. I've always been fascinated with her. She seemed to have been a very private person and never gave interviews.
"I understand the position you're in." The position of having to marry someone he cheated on you with, Mary. He doesn't seem worth getting back, really.
Yay, welcome back! Thank you ☺️. Just as an aside, youu might find films like Red Dust, Baby Face and Golddiggers of 1933 interesting if you wanna watch more PreCodes ❤
(I know this film isn't PreCode by 5 years 😅 but it still has some of the vibes)
Those are my favorite pre-codes as well, along with "42nd Street"!
@@seeflatbesharpI love that one too! 😁
Yesss! So glad you are reacting to this! It is my absolute favorite movie!!!
12:27 When she was saying "That is I do mind but it's such good discipline for me over my selfishness of you" and "oh Stephen, I do need you so" - was I the only one who thought "And he bought that?"
I have watched more the a few of your reaction and can't believe your just getting to the best movie of 1939 in my opinion.
Oh, "The Women" cannot be beat! I loved Joan, Rosalind and Paulette in this one, plus Marjorie.
The original tagline for this film was "It's all about Women - and their MEN!" It was the first all-female Hollywood production. Joan Crawford only really went for the film once the producer assured her that the lack of men didn't mean it was a lesbian film. (That wasn't the word she used, though.) The gossip columnist in the last scene was played by the infamous Hedda Hopper, who ruined more than one life with her magazine column. As you suspected, the color section was meant to show off the fashions, though it also emphasizes the fantasy element of a fashion show. It's really one of my favorites. It's so gloriously sharp, clever, and poisonous, and the claws are three inches long.
"How is it that the child has more wisdom than the adults in this triangle?" Truth and wisdom right there.
"I aspire to be Rosalind Russell when I grow up!" (Okay, i want that on a T-shirt, coffee mug and bumper sticker)! 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction (as usual). Such a fun movie! I’m so excited that you’re reacting to The Red Shoes next. One of my favorite movies of all time!
This was one of the first classic films I ever saw when I rented it from Blockbuster. While all the cast was A+ I actually fell in love with Norma Shearer who is still my favorite actress of all-time. So glad you enjoyed this film.
If you’re looking for a sophisticated comedy, try Trouble in Paradise (1932) Classic pre-code.
HOORAY!!! Mia, so glad you watched one of my favorite quotable films of all time!! You rock.
You dared to edit out Joan Crawford's final line. The best line in the film. Such a classy way to call someone a bitch,without calling them a bitch. And you exited it it out!!!!!!!!!
The comedy is too good to care about the bad messaging. Love this movie. It never should’ve gotten a remake
I like the first remake, just not the modern one.
I've heard it said that back then, audiences knew to ignore the last 10 minutes of any movie because it was just the studios being forced to push a happy, "moral" ending 😂
@@JP-ve7or yes! The heroine had to end up married or dead because otherwise it sent a bad message. Grr.
The red shoes a British classic
Powell and Pressburger (sic?) aka The Archers did so many great films. _A Matter of Time_ is brilliant in so many ways.
The Women is one of my all-time favorite films. I love Marjorie Main (Lucy in Reno). She, along with Percy Kilbride, created the recurring characters Ma and Pa Kettle. First appearing as the Kettles in 1947's The Egg and I, they went on the portray the characters in about a dozen Ma and Pa Kettle films. She was also wonderful as The Widow Hudspeth living on a farm during the Civil War with two lonely, but eager to marry, homely daughters in 1956's Friendly Persuasion. She was also notable in Stella Dallas, The Harvey Girls, Stella Dallas, Meet Me in St Louis and The Long, Long Trailer. Her charisma and self-deprecation shines.
I watched this movie a couple weeks ago, when I saw that you were going to review it. Thanks so much for the recommendation! This was such a great movie. Seeing all these classic screen ladies together was awesome. Special shout-out to one of my favorite lesser-known character players: Theresa Harris (Olive, the dog minder at the health spa). It was also fun to see a send-up of the early 20th Century Reno divorce tourism industry.
Remember seeing this picture in a theater in Los Angeles. My friend and I had smoked a joint before going in the theater. I was stunned when the fashion show started in technicolor.
Watching this now, I can't believe I have both this AND The Red Shoes to watch with you! Hey, the dog in the very beginning of the movie? That's Toto! (Real name: Terry. Who was a female, so add that to the cast list!). Same year as Wizard Of Oz. I love that! She did two iconic movies in the same year! Good girl! (LOVING this reaction so far!!!)
So pleased to see you finally watching this great film. And _The Red Shoes_ is phenomenal.
FWIW, the 2001 Broadway revival of the original play (which premiered in 1936) was excellent. Cynthia Nixon, as Mary, headed a spectacular cast. It was filmed and broadcast by PBS as part of its _Stage on Screen_ series. The video is available and is worth seeking out.
For more Joan Crawford it's time for _Grand Hotel._ Also, there's _Letty Lynton,_ though you may want to wait until next year, when it will be in the public domain and will likely be reissued on DVD/BluRay.
_Rain_ is one that got her real notice when people thought she might not make the transition from silents.
OMG, I love this movie and I love you covering it 🎉
Another classic made in 1939...called by many the best year ever for movies.
That was Toto in the opening.
NO WAY 😨😨😨😨
Remade as a musical, The Opposite Sex (1956), with June Allyson, Dolores Gray, and Joan Collins in the roles played, respectively, by Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, and Joan Crawford. The worst of the three, but I love watching them all and comparing them to each other. Unlike the other two movies, this one definitely had men in it.
The Red Shoes is going to be such a treat! Every one of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's films have a special magic. I do hope that The Red Shoes is a gateway drug and that you eventually get around to Black Narcissus, A Matter of Life and Death, I Know Where I'm Going!, A Canterbury Tale, and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp!
They only used color for the fashion show sequence because Technicolor was complicated and expensive, and they were already doing “Gone With the Wind” and “The Wizard of Oz” using it. What escaped most critics (and some viewers) is that the fashions were supposed to be a joke (jackets with mannequin hands for buttons?) but Adrian was so good you took it at face value.
Great Performances filmed the Broadway revival with Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Tilly, and Rue McClanahan. You can see where the Hollywood version cleaned things up a bit.
I believe the Great Performances version is available to view on RUclips.
ruclips.net/video/FIgPvjtiGEw/видео.html
This was one of the first classic films I ever saw, and I fell in love with it, classic films, and Norma Shearer. You should watch Trouble in Paradise (1932).
I am so glad you are watching this movie!!!
I love this movie!
You definitely need more Joan Crawford! A Woman's Face or Mildred Pierce would be great next watches for you.
YOURE FINALLY DOING THE RED SHOES! OMG!!! Sorry for the caps, I've been waiting for this since you said you love Brit films. The only bad thing is it will send ou down a Powell and Pressburger rabbit hole - which you'll love!
I saw it on TV almost 20 years ago, it was an interesting film!
Joan Crawford in the movie …Rain 1932…amazing performance
I highly suggest Grand Hotel. Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery. Crawford shines in this.
@SueProv
She does indeed, but personally for me, Lionel Barrymore steals every scene he's in.
Virginia Weidler was a wonderful actress ❤❤❤ I specially loved her in The Philadelphia Story and in All This and Heaven Too.
She was only 41 when she died.
You are going to love the red shoes beside the fact that the dancer is one of the best dancers to ever grace the movie stage at that time. She’s magnificent and she strikingly beautiful. It’s a great movie. It’s very twisted psychologically
They really justify his infidelity here. The good ol' days, hey? Not for women.
Loved this reaction. Another request for The Light in the Piazza. A beautiful romantic film adapted from a novella that features a main character with a disability with Olivia de Havilland, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton and Rossano Brazzi. It was turned into a musical that won 6 tony awards. If you haven't seen it yet you'd love it
Since Shearer was the main character and the story revolves around her, it seems normal that she would get top billing. This has always been one of my favorites.
BTW, affairs in movies go way back to silents movies, stage plays and even earlier, books. For example the 1857 novel, Madame Bovary (also made into a 1940s movie.)
I've only seen this movie once but remember what a fun one! It has everything you want in a 1930's movie. Set design, dialog, fashion and an all-star cast!
I’m going to have to rewatch this movie now, it’s iconic. On the note of Joan Crawford, Mildred Pierce is a must.
Tubi is currently streaming it.
One of my favorite movies. I've watched dozens of times.
FEMALE RAGE!
lol, luv it
Absolute Winner!!!!!! The Countess is by far my favorite!!! Toujour L'Amour!!! Lets all have a little drinkie.
Why am I only now realizing Joan Fontaine is in this!
Wonderful MEOW movie. It reminds me of my mom's yenta ladies at her Mah Jong game.
I love this movie!!!! Also your hair look soooo cute😊thanks for sharing the love of these Golden Age of Hollywood movies
3:40 the story, at least, was that Crawford was knitting just offstage while Shearer was filming a close up, making a lot of loud, distracting clicking noise. She may have been doing it on purpose; Crawford was always envious of Shearer and the preferential treatment she got for the best roles (married to the boss, after all 😂) Joan never quite got over her first film role as Shearer's double (she basically played the back of her head.) There are a LOT of stories of these two getting snippy with each other, but again, who knows how many of them were true. What is true is that Crawford really relished playing her enemy in The Women.
Clare Luce Booth wrote the play. Her hushand created Time and Look and etc etc.
Little Virginia Weidler stole the show for me. What a fantastic actress! She also played the wise-cracking little sister to Katharine Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story" with Cary Grant. I think she "steals" the scene whenever she's on the screen.
I love this movie and always recommend it. I’m so happy you watched it and are helping other people to see it. It’s over the top and ridiculous in many ways. I like the 1951 remake with June Allyson and Joan Collin’s, too.
Enjoyed your reactions, Ms Mia! Claws out! 😂😂 Please, consider , "The Stage Door" 1939 with a stellar cast of women!
Absolutely one of my top 2 favorites
Oh, there's a lot of infidelity in older movies.
Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer were also studio rivals
Enjoy The Red Shoes! Martin Scorsese spent $250K to restore/conserve this magnificent Technicolor masterpiece.
The stage play of The Women contained the phrase "orgasm by gossip". Obviously this was too much for Hollywood then, but okay for Broadway.
The dialogue and the performances are great, but I can't stand the message the movie seems to send to women about how turning a blind eye to marital infidelity is supposedly the wisest course of action.
I respectfully disagree. Mary takes us through all phases of facing a spouse’s infidelity: shock,disbelief, devestation , anger, etc. She refuses to give up on Steven. I don’t believe that Mary ‘turned a blind eye’ on anything. Her Mother wanted her to pretend, but Mary couldn’t do that. Instead she chose to forgive her husband. Forgiveness is not condoning!
She knew in her heart that their undying love for each other would win out in the end.😊
I am glad you are back, love this channel. The women of this era in Hollywood were extremely beautiful.
It seems that the quality of actors and actresses are as good as the older actors and actresses. In my personal opinion!!! This was fantastically written, I think Hollywood writers and producers need to watch older movies and start writing better films.
Please watch Joan Crawford’s masterpiece Mildred Pierce (1945) if you only seen Baby Jane and the woman. Then watch Johnny Guitar (1954) and Grand Hotel (1932).
I love this & many other classic movies… particularly those made in the 40’s- 50’s ( a few from the 30’s & 60’s as well). There are so many great ones.
Have you seen ‘All About Eve’? It’s my all time favorite Bette Davis movie. Great cast. Great story.
Crawford plays the sympathetic character in Mildred Pierce. There her daughter, played by Ann Blyth I think, is the one you want to slap the whole movie. Butterfly McQueen is stuck in a servant role and didn't even get a screen credit, even though she has quite a few lines. Crazy. Mildred is the most sympathetic Crawford role I can think of. I also like the movie Best of Everything, but she's an Anna Wintour kind of character in that. Hope Lange, Diane Baker, and Suzy Parker shine, along with 1950s Manhattan, in that one, set in the offices of a book publisher.
Grand Hotel (1932)
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
There's also a recording of a stage version of this with Cynthia Nixon.
ruclips.net/video/FIgPvjtiGEw/видео.html
At the end when you shook your curls reminded me of Avantgardey. They are a Japanese dance group and are mesmerizing to watch.
Mia, I like your content, channel, passion, & love for movies & film, you're a great hostess, and narrator. Keep up the good work and fun. Even though black people were objectified to mostly subservient roles in that era, @ 5:31, the woman of color is simply gorgeous and has presence. The costume design is luxurious, the acting superb, and the movie was great. The scene in color, where they introduced the ladies modeling clothes, was done to showcase that particular style at that time, which was out in 1939, this was a creative way of advertising & highlighting these vintage clothes to the female audiences watching the movie. In this movie Rosalind Russel reminds me of a younger Susan Sarandon. 😉👍