What a Woman!
Eine Frau hat Erfolg
Source: Park Circus, © 1943 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rosalind Russell
What a Woman! | Eine Frau hat Erfolg by Irving Cummings
USA 1943, Retrospective
Source: Park Circus, © 1943 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Willard Parker, Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne
What a Woman! | Eine Frau hat Erfolg by Irving Cummings
USA 1943, Retrospective
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © 1943 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Brian Aherne, Rosalind Russell
What a Woman! | Eine Frau hat Erfolg by Irving Cummings
USA 1943, Retrospective
Source: Deutsche Kinemathek, © 1943 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Carol Ainsley has been nominated for Outstanding Career Woman of the Year. The New York agent has sold the film rights to bestselling romance novel “Whirlwind” to Hollywood. Now all she needs to do is find somebody to play the hero. Her first choice is the book’s author, a dyed-in-the-tweed college professor, but he proves both unwilling and lacking aptitude. When she demonstratively kisses him, however, it awakens unimagined talents in him and, for Carol, unwitting feelings. Meanwhile, star reporter Henry Pepper, who is writing a profile of Carol, follows her predicament with delight. He has ulterior motives for goading the two towards romance … After sporting business suits designed by star costumers such as Adrian and Irene that were not always suited for “everyday wear”, Rosalind Russell appears here for the first time clothed by Carole Lombard’s favored costume designer Travis Banton, who dressed her as a culture sector professional, showing off an unusually glamorous side of Russell. Also unusual for the age was the film’s take on career women. Shot during the war, it recognises their accomplishments in a comedy in which, in the end, even marriage is a business proposition.
With
- Rosalind Russell
- Brian Aherne
- Willard Parker
- Alan Dinehart
- Edward Fielding
- Ann Savage
- Norma Varden
- Douglas Wood
- Grady Sutton
- Lilyan Irene
- Shelley Winters
Crew
| Director | Irving Cummings |
| Screenplay | Therese Lewis, Barry Trivers |
| Story | Erik Charell |
| Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
| Editing | Al Clark |
| Music | John Leipold |
| Sound | Edward Bernds |
| Art Director | Lionel Banks |
| Costumes | Travis Banton |
Produced by
Columbia Pictures Corp.
Additional information
Print: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, CA