One of Otto Preminger's weaker films, largely due to the familiar potboiler melodrama, the miscasting of Danna Andrews in a lead role, and Joan Crawford's mediocre performance, “Daisy Kenyon” is nonetheless a typical woman's picture of its era.
Daisy Kenyon (1947): Preminger Directs Joan Crawford in Melodrama, Co-Starring Henry Fonda and Dana Andrews
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Women, The (1939): George Cukor’s Cult Classic Comedy with All-Female Ensemble, Starring Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Joan Crawford
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Claire Booth's stinging play, about the wisecracking cattiness of wives and mistresses of the upper class, was a smash-hit on Broadway. For many, it “confirmed” men's suspicions (and fantasies) of what women are talking about when there are no men around.
