dadddiesgurl Review of Female

Female (1933)

Female 1933, hilarious, yet typical 1930's gender roles that they placed on women.

[7/10 · 10 October 2005]

I loved this movie right away, Allison Drake is empowering, beautiful, courageous, outspoken, everything that was not typical for women in the 1930's, and I thought that maybe the film maker was helping to promote this new breed of woman. She even goes as far as to deny a marriage proposal from her top sales exec George Mumford who wants a marriage out of convenience "picture it...you make them, I'll sell them, we'd sweep the country!" Allison is not swayed "I'm not very fond of sweeping; I'm not a bit domestic." Love it!! But I was greatly disappointed when in the end, she gives in to a man who calls her "pathetic" when she doesn't given in to his idea of "what women are born for!" Which is to get married, and have babies. I think that it must have been degrading to women to watch this back then, but those were the times, and what can I say, the movie is fun, seductive, and enchanting. Definitely a movie to add to my collection.