Female (1933) on Netflix
Alison Drake inherited the automobile factory she runs with a hard hand, and she takes her pick of the men on her payroll. The engineer Jim Thorne, newly hired, refuses her.
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Plot summary
Alison Drake owns the automobile company her father left her and runs it with a hard hand. Years of work have worn away the romanticism of her youth, and she invites men to her bed and then drops them. At a party at her mansion she tires of guests out to sell her something or marry her money. She changes into plainer clothes and visits an amusement park, and there she meets a man at a shooting gallery. The next day he walks into her factory as Jim Thorne, the gifted engineer her staff had hired away from a competitor. She summons him to her mansion that night to go over his plans, and he turns her down as anything but his employer. Pettigrew, her office manager, advises her to soften her manner, and she changes her approach.
Cast
- Huey Whiteas Puggy
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- Edward Cooperas James, Alison's Second Butler (Uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Female (1933)
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- Three directors worked on the film: William Dieterle began it, William Wellman took over when Dieterle became ill, and Michael Curtiz was brought in to re-shoot scenes after Warner's production head, Jack L. Warner, decided he did not like an actor in the film. Curtiz ended up with the sole screen credit.
