People, get thee to the cinema.
{The Women, 1939, directed by George Cukor,based on the play by Claire Booth Luce}
What was so great about this movie:
The Fashion-with-a-capital-F (including a technicolor fashion show of Gowns by Adrian inserted in the middle of the film. Slightly distracting, but still stunning.)
The cattiness
The betrayals
The comebacks
The paybacks
The all-female cast (130 roles, allplayed by women. Even the animals and artwork are female)
The remake has been in the works for 10+ years, with rumors back and forth of Meg Ryan or Julia Roberts in the role of Mary Haines (played by Norma Shearer in the 30s version).
{The Women, 2008, directed by Diane English (as in Murphy Brown)}
I'm guessing the fashion will be just as fah-bulous, and they have cast a great group of actresses. You have time to rent the original before the remake opens on Sept. 12. The popcorn is on me.
