Female

1933

Female

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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 long, mopey faces out of her presence by transferring them elsewhere. Then she meets Jim Thorne (George Brent), a gifted engineer who is attracted to Drake but isn't a callow, kowtowing yes-man, and isn't awed by her millions. After a few awkward encounters, they find a balance in their lives together, or so she thinks, until he proposes marriage.

Cast

Ruth Chatterton
as Alison Drake
George Brent
as Jim Thorne
Philip Faversham
as Claybourne
Ruth Donnelly
as Miss Frothingham
Lois Wilson
as Harriet Brown
Phillip Reed
as Claybourne
Johnny Mack Brown
as Cooper
Gavin Gordon
as Briggs
Ferdinand Gottschalk
as Pettigrew
Rafaela Ottiano
as Della
Huey White
as Puggy
Douglass Dumbrille
as Mumford
Samuel S. Hinds
Walter Walker
as Jarratt
Charles C. Wilson
as Falihee
Edward Cooper
as Butler
Ken Thomson
as Red
Spencer Charters
as Tom
Sterling Holloway
Laura Hope Crewes
Robert Warwick
as Attorney Bradley (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
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Audience Reviews for Female

  • Oct 05, 2013
    Starts out zesty and modern and is quite entertaining until the cop out ending.
    jay n Super Reviewer
  • Mar 08, 2013
    In "Female," Alison Drake(Ruth Chatterton) has her hands full during the day running her father's auto company. But at night she has time to not only get caught up with her old friend Harriet(Lois Wilson) but also to make time with Cooper(Johnny Mack Brown), a new hire. The following day, it is back to business, putting her feet down in opposition to any feelings he might have for her, while she banishes a former lover to Montreal(Oh no! Not that! Anything but that!) before requesting some sensible female additions to the secretarial pool. "Female" is a fast paced drama that has a lot of fun with its reversal of the gender roles of the time the movie was made. The irony is that the movie also wraps up much too quickly but it is still entertaining as far as it goes. But, oh, that poor pig!
    Walter M Super Reviewer
  • Oct 27, 2010
    A woman runs a factory after her father's death, which was highly unusual for the 30s. She treats men the way men treat women, which to her means with little respect and only to get what she wants from them. That part of the movie was interesting, but then she falls in love and the movie ends in a predictable manner.
    Aj V Super Reviewer
  • Feb 05, 2009
    Ruth Chatterton is a trail blazing feminist with the hots for George Brent. An atypical romance that becomes decidedly typical as it progresses.
    Randy T Super Reviewer
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