{"product_id":"b0fxbggg1s","title":"Jungle Red!: The Making of MGM's The Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e“ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST FILM BOOKS” ~ IndieWire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The only thing more fun than watching  The Women , the classic 1939 all-star, all-female bitchfest, is poring through Illeana Douglas’ book  Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s  The Women. Researched with the thoroughness of Joan Crawford smoking in a bathtub, the riveting read takes you behind the bon mots and into the old-school Hollywood machine, detailing how it turned a fabulous bunch of Luce women into one of the most lacerating comedies of all time. Best of all, the book reminds us that being a bitch isn’t necessarily a bad thing. For me, that’s potentially life saving!” ~ Michael Musto, entertainment columnist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“ Author, actress, and film historian Illeana Douglas has written a must-have for every film buff’s library with  Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s  The Women. This smart, insightful, meticulously researched book is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of the 1939 classic that’s especially beloved by gay film fans.” ~ Adam Sandel,  The Bay Area Reporter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe year 1939 produced such outstanding film classics as  Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz , and  Wuthering Heights.  No less critically acclaimed that year was  The Women . A largely forgotten masterpiece , The Women  is a glamorous but stinging satire about women forced by society to be defined by men.  Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s The Women  restores this classic to its rightful place in Hollywood history, and its lasting legacy as a template for later female-driven projects like  Sex and The City,  and  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.  Four MGM screenwriters, including a failing F. Scott Fitzgerald and an on-the-rise Donald Ogden Stewart, fought over their vision of  The Women.  Jane Murfin was completing her script when Anita Loos was brought in to work with her on a new draft for George Cukor, then recently fired from  Gone with the Wind  and determined to use  The Women  to get his career back on track. He became, as one newspaper called him, the lion tamer to the ladies. With sophisticated direction by Cukor, lavish fashions by Adrian, and gorgeous sets by Cedric Gibbons, its all-star cast was led by Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Fontaine. Not a single male actor appeared, proving that women didn’t need men to rule the box office. Gossip columns were filled with stories about fierce on-set rivalries, which proved fairly combustible, leading one columnist to refer to the set as “a female kennel,” with behind the scenes antics as fierce and flamboyant as the film itself. The  Los Angeles Times  wrote, “ The Women  is a vitriolic masterpiece!” Now, it’s time to fall in love with  The Women  all over again! In  Jungle Red! The Making of MGM’s The Women , and using never-before-seen photographs, memos, and script notes, Douglas writes not only how the film came together, but captures how the lives of the people who made it intersected before, during and after, and how the conflicts on-set and off resulted in the greatest film ever made about women . . . by a man!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67880726429941,"sku":"YSL90262","price":13.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/8774\/8597\/files\/810uo9rsQSL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793277187","url":"https:\/\/www.newbooks.store\/products\/b0fxbggg1s","provider":"NewBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}