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Female  (1933)


“Raided” from Paramount by agent Myron Selznick, Broadway actress Ruth Chatterton commanded a considerable salary and creative control at Warner Bros., including director and story approval, without being locked into a long-term contract.  In this pre-Code sizzler, Chatterton sits atop the commanding heights of an auto manufacturing empire, a perch from which she has her pick of men—until a principled engineer dares to resist.  

35mm, b/w, 60 min.  Production: First National Pictures.  Distribution: Warner Bros.  Director: Michael Curtiz.  Screenwriter: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola.  Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox.  Editor: Jack Killifer.  Cast: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, Johnny Mack Brown, Ruth Donnelly.