Book Vs Movie "The Women" (1939) Joan Crawford & Rosalind Russell

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: “The Women”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Clare Booth Luce Vs. the 1939 George Cukor Film (Plus, the 2001 Broadway Revival!)</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/61B2aGPzWjL._SL1000_.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="429" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1936, the</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Boothe_Luce"><strong>Clare Booth Luce</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">play</span> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032143/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Women</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">debuted on Broadway to rave reviews and packed audiences which featured 45 speaking parts for women, while no man is either seen or heard. (Though all of the husbands are spoken about constantly!)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The plot revolves around a group of privileged women who live in New York City and busy themselves with shopping, spa days, and gossip. (60 years before</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sex & the City</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">!) Keeping husbands happy unless they “fall in love” with a salesgirl, these women fight for what is theirs. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Back in the day, one could move to</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno,_Nevada"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Reno, Nevada</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">for six weeks to gain residency and garner a quickie divorce. (Check out the</span> <a href= "https://www.trashydivorces.com/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Trashy Divorces</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">podcast to learn all of the old rules for ending matrimony.)</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our lead Mary (Mrs. Haines) dearly loves her husband but he is having an affair with a perfume salesgirl, Crystal Allen which means he has to make