Female (1933)
60 or 65 mins | Comedy-drama | 11 November 1933
Director:
Michael CurtizWriters:
Gene Markey, Kathryn ScolaCinematographer:
Sid HickoxEditor:
Jack KilliferProduction Designer:
Jack OkeyProduction Company:
First National Pictures, Inc.According to FD, Johnny Mack Brown replaced Lyle Talbot. William Dieterle was originally assigned to direct but according to a news item in 8 Aug 1933 FD, William Wellman replaced him when Dieterle became seriously ill. Michael Curtiz took over directorial duties when Wellman had to begin College Coach. IP indicates that Henry Blanke was originally the producer. Warner Bros. production records in the file on the film at the AMPAS library state that the film was made for a total cost of $260,000. According to modern sources, shots of the heroine's house were filmed at the Ennis House in the Hollywood Hills, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Modern sources list these additional players: Larry Steers, Wallis Clark, Dick Winslow, Bob McKenzie and Ethel Wales. ...
According to FD, Johnny Mack Brown replaced Lyle Talbot. William Dieterle was originally assigned to direct but according to a news item in 8 Aug 1933 FD, William Wellman replaced him when Dieterle became seriously ill. Michael Curtiz took over directorial duties when Wellman had to begin College Coach. IP indicates that Henry Blanke was originally the producer. Warner Bros. production records in the file on the film at the AMPAS library state that the film was made for a total cost of $260,000. According to modern sources, shots of the heroine's house were filmed at the Ennis House in the Hollywood Hills, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Modern sources list these additional players: Larry Steers, Wallis Clark, Dick Winslow, Bob McKenzie and Ethel Wales.
Alison Drake, president of a large automobile company she took over after her father's death, is cynical about love. She casually seduces the attractive men in her company, but the brief, meaningless affairs only add to her boredom and confirm her belief that men, like women, can be bought with money and power. One night, in search of excitement, Alison goes to a shooting gallery and meets an attractive young man, who surprises her by declining her sexual advances. The next day, she meets the young man at the company and discovers that he is Jim Thorne, the prominent automobile designer she has just hired, sight unseen. She coolly discusses business with him, then, following her usual pattern, invites him to her home for dinner that night. Expecting another conquest after plying him with vodka, Alison is surprised when Jim rebuffs her again and insists that their relationship remain strictly business. Determined to break him, Alison successfully tricks Jim into meeting her alone on what he was told would be a company picnic in the country. Finally charmed when Alison behaves in a more down-to-earth manner, Jim succumbs to her. When he asks her to marry him, though, it is she who turns him down. Furious, Jim quits the company and leaves town. Finally realizing that she cares more for Jim than her company, Alison follows him, determined that even a financial meeting in New York that is critical to the survival of her company is not worthwhile. When she finally catches up with Jim at a carnival shooting gallery, she tearfully admits that she was willing to risk bankruptcy ...
Alison Drake, president of a large automobile company she took over after her father's death, is cynical about love. She casually seduces the attractive men in her company, but the brief, meaningless affairs only add to her boredom and confirm her belief that men, like women, can be bought with money and power. One night, in search of excitement, Alison goes to a shooting gallery and meets an attractive young man, who surprises her by declining her sexual advances. The next day, she meets the young man at the company and discovers that he is Jim Thorne, the prominent automobile designer she has just hired, sight unseen. She coolly discusses business with him, then, following her usual pattern, invites him to her home for dinner that night. Expecting another conquest after plying him with vodka, Alison is surprised when Jim rebuffs her again and insists that their relationship remain strictly business. Determined to break him, Alison successfully tricks Jim into meeting her alone on what he was told would be a company picnic in the country. Finally charmed when Alison behaves in a more down-to-earth manner, Jim succumbs to her. When he asks her to marry him, though, it is she who turns him down. Furious, Jim quits the company and leaves town. Finally realizing that she cares more for Jim than her company, Alison follows him, determined that even a financial meeting in New York that is critical to the survival of her company is not worthwhile. When she finally catches up with Jim at a carnival shooting gallery, she tearfully admits that she was willing to risk bankruptcy to find him. He accepts her love, then, affirming that no one will take her company away from her, he takes the wheel of her car and races toward New York so that she will be there on time for the meeting. As they are driving, she happily reveals that, after they marry, she plans to let him run the company while she stays at home to take care of their children.
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