The Women (1939): Witty Lines

The best lines of "The Women"

These are only the tip of the iceburg. I could make another 10 of these if I wanted with no problem. This movie is great and (IMHO) 100x better than the remake.

My favorite character is Miriam Aarons (Paulette Goddard). Followed closely by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell).

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• Norma
• Shearer
• Paulette
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• Rosalind
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• Joan
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[webgen06]

im curious who wrote the witty lines. men?

[Countrygirltori24]

@webgen06 It was originally a play Clare Luce Booth (a women). Most of the lines that are in this movie were written originally by her and are in the play. There are a couple of differences in the screenplay which were probably made by men, but the bulk of the dialogue is from Booth's play.

[hebneh]

The line about "outside of kennels" was actually pretty sleazy for 1939, when films were still being censored actively. Every adult would've known that was code for "bitches", a word which at that time was completely forbidden in films - even to refer to in a coded, indirect way like this. I assume the play had been so successful that stuff like this was allowed. And a good thing it was, too.

[slhc56]

I love this movie

[955pokerface]

Joan Crawford OWNED the film,as good as an actress Norma Shearer is,she probabaly thought she was so good,when really Joan overshined her and most of the other actresses,Rosalind Russell was the other great comedic actress

[955pokerface]

I Love Joan Crawford,she was so good in REAL comedies

[persuacion1]

where I can get the complete movie and subtitled in Spanish? I love and I would like him to see my mom

[TheTsarBear]

weird looking kitchen

[HaWkBeAtLeSnElSoN]

where did all the class go??

[forestkaat]

I miss films like this with great one-liners & snappy dialogue. Rosilyn Russell, Kate Hepburn, Eve Arden & Bette Davis were masters of this back in the day. So many of today's comedies seem so cliche or re-do's of old formulas.

[JubileeAway]

Absolutely one of the greatest movies ever made.

[RaymondHng]

I was watching this in the Castro Theatre in San Francisco where Little Mary said, "Well, good night" to Crystal Allen in the bathtub scene and Crystal fired back with, "Wait a minute. Good night, whom?" Then someone in the audience screams out, "GOOD NIGHT, MOMMIE DEAREST!!!!!"