Female (1933)
Release Date: Oct 11, 1933 Wide
liked it
Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 281
My Rating
Movie Info
Ruth Chatterton tears up the screen in this fast-paced, lusty comedy. Alison Drake is an automobile magnate, a hard-nosed, hardboiled business woman making dozens of important decisions a day. In her private life, however, she is passionate and bold in her pursuit of male companionship, which she frequently finds among the ranks of her own employees and executives; the problem is that these men can't abide the fact that back at work, she's all business again; and she keeps having to get their
Oct 11, 1933 Wide
Mar 17, 1993
Cast
-
Ruth Chatterton
Alison Drake -
George Brent
Jim Thorne -
Philip Faversham
Claybourne -
Ruth Donnelly
Miss Frothingham -
Johnny Mack Brown
Cooper -
Lois Wilson
Harriet -
Gavin Gordon
Briggs -
-
Spencer Charters
Tom -
Edward Cooper
Butler -
-
Douglas Dumbrille
Mumford -
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Pettigrew -
-
-
Rafaela Ottiano
Della -
Phillip Reed
Claybourne -
Ken Thomson
Red -
Huey White
Puggy -
Charles C. Wilson
Falihee -
ADVERTISEMENT
All Critics (5) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
This slick romantic comedy offers 'the before its time sophisticated concept' that a woman can run a large company.
Female is more than just a museum piece from that short era after the introduction of sound and before the enforcement of the Hays Code; it's a strangely involving, patently absurd, wildly entertaining movie.
Audience Reviews for Female
Super Reviewer
Super Reviewer
Discussion Forum
There are no discussion threads for Female yet.
What's Hot On RT
The Last Stand, Side Effects
Trailer for new Coen Bros movie
Fast & Furious cars gallery
Blockbusters ranked!
Featured on RT
- In Pictures: The Cars of Fast & Furious 0
- Digital Multiplex: Warm Bodies and Aftershock 1
- Discover the Best-Reviewed Films in Summer Movie Scorecard 2013 0
- RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: The Last Stand and Side Effects 13
- Box Office Guru Wrapup: Star Trek Softer Than Expected at #1 85
- Weekly Ketchup: Will Smith to Star in Wild Bunch Remake? 39
- Critics Consensus: Star Trek Into Darkness is Certified Fresh 107
Top Headlines
-
Which Film Franchise Has Been the Best for Female Characters?
0
-
Damon Lindelof Talks Tomorrowland
0
-
10 Movies About Really Fast Cars
0
-
Poltergeist Remake Synopsis Hints at Plot Differences
3
-
Kristen Wiig Says Welcome to Me
1
-
David Fincher's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Gets Bumped
0
-
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Remake in the Works
0
Fresh Links
Featured
Star Trek Movies Ranked
HitFix offers their own take on the worst-to-best of the Enterprise crew's cinematic adventures.
Top 10 Star Trek Villains
Rolling Stone unveils the Enterprise's most irksome adversaries.
Celebrity Yearkbook Flashback
We'll bet you never realized how many stars were cheerleaders and high school athletes!
50 Most Classic Movie Moms
In celebration of Mother's Day, TimeOut offers up 50 iconic matriarchs from the big screen.
Weirdest Movie Siblings
From Twins to The Royal Tenenbaums, Moviefone explores cinema's oddest siblings.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Foreign Titles
- Female (1933) (DE)
- Female (1933) (UK)
