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Rosalind Russell: Simultaneously Mgm
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Rosalind Russell was at the peak of her career in the late 1930s. Films like the suspenseful Night Must Fall (1937) which co-starred Robert Montgomery and the Oscar® nominated The Citadel (1938) with Robert Donat had been highly successful. It seems surprising, in retrospect, that MGM would put its star in a film like Fast and Loose (1939) as a follow-up.
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Rosalind Russell stars as a no-nonsense judge who dabbles in sculpting in her spare time. Walter Pidgeon costars as a reporter assigned to discredit Rosalind after she rules against his boss (Edward Arnold) in a divorce case. Pidgeon plans to frame the judge in a compromising situation, then blackmail her into reducing the alimony. He succeeds in humiliating Rosalind, but regrets his actions when he realizes he's fallen in love with her. All ends happily in this glossy derivative of MGM's earlier Libelled Lady (36). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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In 1934, after a brief stint on Broadway, Russell moved to Hollywood and began screen testing. She first signed with Universal Studios, but immediately after she entered into her contract, MGM made her a better offer. Russell approached Universal, lamenting her naiveté and her lack of knowledge of the studio system, and convinced Universal to release her from her contract. She signed with MGM.
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This George Cukor directed dramedy boasts an all-star cast from the fabled MGM stable that includes Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine and Paulette Goddard. Anita Loos adapted the screenplay (with an uncredited assist by F. Scott Fitzgerald) from the Broadway hit by Clare Boothe Luce. Shot in glorious black and white, The Women does include a Technicolor fashion show sequence featuring eye-popping gowns by the imaginative designer Adrian. As fun and refreshing as this is, it does nothing to advance the story, and it slows down an already fairly lengthy movie.
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