King kong is a 1933 american precode monster adventure film directed and produced by merian c. White woman 1933 gong beaters turn on a ruthless jungle trader and the welldressed blonde who travels with him. Alaskan actor ray mala aka mala, on right stars in the 1933 mgm film eskimo. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Little women is a 1933 american precode drama film, directed by george cukor and starring katharine hepburn, joan bennett, frances dee and jean parker. King kong is a 1933 american giant monster film produced by rko radio pictures and the first film to feature the monster king kong. Little women is a 1933 black and white american rko movie directed by george cukor.
Featuring a young hedy lamaar credited as hedy kiesler and aribe. Ruth chatterton stars with husband george brent, philip reed, and johnny mack bfrown in this 1933 gem, female. King kong 1933 film ultimate pop culture wiki fandom. As the emotional center of this film, its in her ability to understand and express the pain of time going by that hepburn is illuminating. Ruth chatterton plays alison drake, a tough business executive at an automobile factory who. List of female film actors or actress listed in alphabetical order. Female 1933 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Diane cilento born 1933 caitlin clarke lana clarkson 1962 2003 jill clayburgh born 1944 kitty clive glenn close born 1947. They were face with hardships like having their father off fighting in the war, being poor and being teenaged. Alison drake, the toughminded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the mans world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
I must admit, when i saw that scene where hes telling her youre just a woman, after all, i felt really betrayed. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. But at night she has time to not only get caught up. The liberated women of precode cinema a series of splices. It is a dull film that fails to emotionally connect the characters actions and the complete lack of chemistry between robinson and both female leads doesnt help the film connect at all. Little women are about 4 women that grew up in the civil war period. When ladies meet is a 1933 precode film directed by harry beaumont and starring ann harding, myrna loy, robert montgomery, alice brady, and frank morgan. Kind of ironic that this pre code film about a sexually aggressive female tycoon ends on a decidedly post code, 1950s family values note, with ruth chattertons strong woman throwing up the business that she obviously loves for the man she loves to whom she bequeathes said business and a planned nine kids. Playing warren williams role is the excellent though hardly prolific ruth chatterton, playing opposite her real life husband of the time, george brent. Little women 1933 movie simple english wikipedia, the. The brainchild of producerdirector team merian c cooper and ernest b shoedsack, brought to life.
Any questions you neglect to answer will be marked incorrect, so please provide an answer for each question. In female, ruth chatterton plays alison drake, the head of a automotive. Female discusses the politics of office sex more blatantly than any film that i have seen made during the first half of the century. I agree with you patrick that the ending is a complete and total copout. The irony is that the movie also wraps up much too quickly but it is. The predominantly female cast includes the young ursula jeans and ida lupino shes charming. Michael curtiz gets full credit for this version of warren williams employees entrance though he only directed extra scenes after both william dieterle and william wellman had had a go at it. In female, alison drakeruth chatterton has her hands full during the day running her fathers auto company.
It is based on the novel of the same name by donald henderson clarke. The complete screen history of cinemas greatest monster. Female 1933 dvd female 1933 dvd ruth chatterton actor. A sequel was released the following year, titled little men. You can tell how old this film is because its set at an american car manufacturer. Exstase ecstasy hedy lamaar 1933 with english subs youtube.
Mason and victor heerman, is based on the 1868 novel of the same name, by louisa may alcott. The screenplay by james ashmore creelman and ruth rose was developed from an idea conceived by cooper and edgar wallace. There are few movies that capture this feeling with such warmth and enthusiasm, and little women is one of the earliest, most magical. Female is only an hour long and was written by a man and a woman. They also worked together in the rich are always with us, the crash, and lilly turner. Little women 1933 is one of the bestmade film renditions of the louisa may alcott civil warera tale of a family of four sisters in new england, from director george cukor. Van dyke stepped in to complete the film, transforming. Little women is focused on the little world of the four march sisters, and for the first half of the film everyone seems to be running around and screeching and constantly worried about the comings and goings of everyone else. It also made a star out of its female lead, fay wray. Unfortunately, while the film is superb, the same cannot be said for this dvd.
The film is the first adaptation of the 1932 rachel crothers play of the same name. It was nominated for an academy award for best art direction by cedric gibbons. Never could get an answer either way about this movie on reel to reel tape. Female 1933 directed by michael curtiz, william wellman and william dieterle. It was released to american theaters on march 7, 1933. Plenty of movies from 1933, before, and most certainly after suggested that a. Ruth chatterton and george brent were married when this film was made. How many famous or highly regarded films about the inuit culture can you name. 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 vampire bat is one of the best examples of what those studios could do when jumping on a bandwagon without a budget. Demonstrating that cinema gimmickry is nothing new, the film features a random fashion show sequence bearing minimal connection to the rest of the film in full technicolor, still very much a novelty back then. I had this rko classic converted to an avi file by a friend of mine. George brent and ruth chatterton in female 1933 ruth chatterton in female 1933 george brent. Sales are slipping at the drake motor car company so its still topical, but the business is run by a woman so it has to be a precode.
Precode film directed by michael curtiz and starring ruth chatterton and george brent. If you havent yet seen this film, see it and come back to me im in pieces. He gave the world the exploitation classics narcotic 1933, marihuana 1936, and sex madness 1938 the latter two also have nude scenes and are available in this archive along with the complete maniac and devil monster. In both movies he holds up amys slate with the same exact writing and cartoon drawing of the teacher, with a huge nose, with cartoon balloon stating, young ladies my eyes are upon you. William dieterle began it, and william wellman took over to complete it when dieterle became ill. The highly motivated owner of a car company, alison drake ruth chatterton, puts up a businesslike facade, but she frequently cuts loose by casually dating men both in her employ and otherwise.
When alison sees one of her male employees that she fancies, she invites them over to her house for what will be a one night stand. The first time i saw female all the way back in 2010, it left me sad and confused. The movie was based on a book of the same name by louisa may alcott. First of all who should i blame for the ending that ruined this totally wonderful film. This makes alison a rare movie character even by todays standards. It was katharine hepburns fourth career film, following her first best actress oscar win for morning glory 1933. The womens director, 40yearold george cukor, was no novice. The movie stars katharine hepburn as jo, joan bennett as amy, jean parker as beth, frances dee as meg, edna may oliver as aunt march, spring byington as marmee, paul lukas as professor bhaer, henry stephenson as mr. If you have seen it, please help me to get this right. The bandwagon in this particular case was the runaway success of universals horror movies dracula 1931 and frankenstein 1931 but not the mummy 1932, which was released a month after production on the vampire bat had. Innocent by todays standards, this film was banned in many countries when first released. Ruth chatterton plays alison drake, a tough business executive at an automobile factory who has her way with all the men that work for her. I bought this dvd, so that i could enjoy the film all over again. There is no disputing that king kong is a classic monster movie and one of the true greats of the early 1930s.
It follows two silent versions, the first released in 1917 with minna grey and the second in 1918 with dorothy berna. She tells a friend of hers she has no time for men, no interest in marriage, shes all business. Ceo allison ruth chatterton is receiving a massage, college friend harriet lois wilson and handsome young employee cooper johnny mack brown, in female, 1933, directed by michael curitz. Previous credits included 1933s little women and 1936s romeo and. Ruth chatterton, looking very pretty, plays the a tough businesswoman who runs a tight ship. Media in category little women 1933 film the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. The film begins during the great depression where carl denham, a film director famous for shooting animal. Director dwain esper was pretty much the ed wood of the 30s.
Warner, decided he did not like an actor in the film, wellman was not available because he had starting shooting college coach, so michael curtiz was brought in to reshoot with johnny mack brown as the. The screenplay by james ashmore creelman and ruth rose was from an idea conceived by cooper and edgar wallace. James wingate of the studio relations committee heavily objected to the film, explaining that it left little to the imagination. Of course, there are stupid things like a great deal of the plot hanging on theodore roosevelts divine. Davis, the school teacher who could not bring himself to punish amy, was portrayed both the 1933 and 1949 little women by the same actor, olin howland, apparently in the same outfit. A short time ago i had the chance to see the 1933 film female, starring ruth chatterton as a sexually aggressive woman who is the head of a car manufacturing company. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Last name of actress playing the female lead in film.
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