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Directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz, 1933's ''Female'' features Ruth Chatterton as Allison Drake, the president of a motor car company. By day, she runs the factory with an iron fist and business savvy. [[NaughtyByNight By night]], she invites male employees to her mansion and seduces them with the aid of vodka. Often, these men fail to separate business from pleasure the way she can, so she has to transfer them to "our Montreal office". [[RunningGag This happens a lot.]] But when she meets Jim Thorne, an engineer hired by Drake Auto to design an automatic gearshift, she starts having emotional feelings she's not prepared to deal with.
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''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz. It is a good example of the more "adult" tone struck by Hollywood films in UsefulNotes/ThePreCodeEra--a film made after UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was enforced in 1934 could never have had a plot like this.
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One of the most controversial of the pre-Code Hollywood films, 1933's ''Female'' features Ruth Chatterton as Allison Drake, the president of a motor car company. By day, she runs the factory with an iron fist and business savvy. [[NaughtyByNight By night]], she invites male employees to her mansion and seduces them with the aid of vodka. Often, these men fail to separate business from pleasure the way she can, so she has to transfer them to "our Montreal office". [[RunningGag This happens a lot.]] But when she meets Jim Thorne, an engineer hired by Drake Auto to design an automatic gearshift, she starts having emotional feelings she's not prepared to deal with.
In 1933, the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
In 1933, the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
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In 1933, the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
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One of the most controversial of the pre-Code Hollywood films, 1933's ''Female'' features Ruth Chatterton as Allison Drake, the president of a motor car company. By day, she runs the factory with an iron fist and business savvy. [[NaughtyByNight By night]], she invites male employees to her mansion and seduces them with the aid of vodka. Often these men fail to separate business from pleasure the way she can, so she has to transfer them to "our Montreal office". [[RunningGag This happens a lot.]] But when she meets Jim Thorne, an engineer hired by Drake Auto to design an automatic gearshift, she starts having emotional feelings she's not prepared to deal with.
In 1933 the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
In 1933 the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
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One of the most controversial of the pre-Code Hollywood films, 1933's ''Female'' features Ruth Chatterton as Allison Drake, the president of a motor car company. By day, she runs the factory with an iron fist and business savvy. [[NaughtyByNight By night]], she invites male employees to her mansion and seduces them with the aid of vodka. Often Often, these men fail to separate business from pleasure the way she can, so she has to transfer them to "our Montreal office". [[RunningGag This happens a lot.]] But when she meets Jim Thorne, an engineer hired by Drake Auto to design an automatic gearshift, she starts having emotional feelings she's not prepared to deal with.
In1933 1933, the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: The film was marketed this way, especially in the trailer which shows a woman's silhouette (presumably Allison's) kneeling before that of a man's (presumably Jim's) standing silhouette.
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: The film was marketed this way, especially in the trailer which shows a woman's silhouette (presumably Allison's) kneeling before that of a man's (presumably Jim's) standing silhouette.
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--> '''Allison''': Doesn't vodka affect you at all.all?
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* SexyBacklessOutfit: Allison wears one to her party, and another when she tries to seduce Thorne.
* {{Streetwalker}}: Three sidewalk hookers get a laugh when Thorne rejects Allison's first invitation for casual sex.
--> "Must be something wrong with your technique, dearie."
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Allison has a phone conversation in an early scene which helps underscore her characterization as a take-no-prisoners businesswoman. After saying "No, tell him to make me a better offer", she hangs up the phone without saying goodbye.
* {{Streetwalker}}: Three sidewalk hookers get a laugh when Thorne rejects Allison's first invitation for casual sex.
--> "Must be something wrong with your technique, dearie."
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Allison has a phone conversation in an early scene which helps underscore her characterization as a take-no-prisoners businesswoman. After saying "No, tell him to make me a better offer", she hangs up the phone without saying goodbye.
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* SexyBacklessOutfit: Allison wears one to her party, and another when she tries to seduce Thorne.
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* {{Streetwalker}}: Three sidewalk hookers get a laugh whenThorne Jim rejects Allison's first invitation for casual sex.
--> "Must -->"Must be something wrong with your technique, dearie."
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Allison has a phone conversation in an early scene which helps underscore her characterization as a take-no-prisoners businesswoman. Aftersaying saying, "No, tell him to make me a better offer", she hangs up the phone without saying goodbye.goodbye.
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* {{Streetwalker}}: Three sidewalk hookers get a laugh when
* TVTelephoneEtiquette: Allison has a phone conversation in an early scene which helps underscore her characterization as a take-no-prisoners businesswoman. After
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''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
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One of the most controversial of the pre-Code Hollywood films, 1933's ''Female'' features Ruth Chatterton as Allison Drake, the president of a motor car company. By day, she runs the factory with an iron fist and business savvy. [[NaughtyByNight By night]], she invites male employees to her mansion and seduces them with the aid of vodka. Often these men fail to separate business from pleasure the way she can, so she has to transfer them to "our Montreal office". [[RunningGag This happens a lot.]]
]] But when she meets Jim Thorne, an engineer hired by Drake Auto to design an automatic gearshift, she starts having emotional feelings she's not prepared to deal with.
In 1933 the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
In 1933 the film was controversial for the AllWomenAreLustful, ReallyGetsAround sexuality of Chatterton's character. A latter-day viewer is more likely to be disturbed by the ridiculously sexist, BadassDecay ending--see entry under {{Chickification}} below. ''Female'' was directed by Creator/MichaelCurtiz.
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* {{Chickification}}: A particularly extreme example. The final reels show Allison Drake as a changed woman, [[spoiler: giving her company to Jim and proclaiming that she will stay home to have nine kids.]]
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* ButLiquorIsQuicker: One of Allison's standard moves when having men over for sex is summoning the butler with vodka to loosen them up. She is shocked when Thorne downs seven vodka shots and still wants to talk about the gearshift he's designing.
--> '''Allison''': Doesn't vodka affect you at all.
* {{Chickification}}: A particularly extreme example. The final reels show Allison Drake as a changed woman,[[spoiler: giving her company to Jim and proclaiming that she will stay home to have nine kids.]]
--> '''Allison''': Doesn't vodka affect you at all.
* {{Chickification}}: A particularly extreme example. The final reels show Allison Drake as a changed woman,
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* NaughtyByNightNaughtyByNight: When she's at work, she's all business. When she's at home, she's getting laid.
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* {{Streetwalker}}: Three sidewalk hookers get a laugh when Thorne rejects Allison's first invitation for casual sex.
--> "Must be something wrong with your technique, dearie."
* {{Streetwalker}}: Three sidewalk hookers get a laugh when Thorne rejects Allison's first invitation for casual sex.
--> "Must be something wrong with your technique, dearie."
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* AllWomenAreLustful: Allison certainly is, and the friend that comes to visit her in the beginning also remarks on all the male eye candy around Allison's office.
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* DoubleStandardDoubleStandard: Allison remarks that she treats men just like men treat women.
* GenderScoff:
--> '''Allison''': I know for some women, men are a household necessity; myself, I'd rather have a canary.
* GenderScoff:
--> '''Allison''': I know for some women, men are a household necessity; myself, I'd rather have a canary.
* TheIngenue: Allison pretends to be this in order to seduce Jim. Imagine his surprise when he realized it was just an act.
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* ReallyGetsAround
* TheIngenue: Allison pretends to be this in order to seduce Jim. Imagine his surprise when he realized it was just an act.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Allison is the only non-secretarial female we see in the whole film.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Allison is the only non-secretarial female we see in the whole film.
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* ReallyGetsAround
ReallyGetsAround: Allison's active sex life is portrayed negatively.
*TheIngenue: ReassignedToAntarctica: When one of her boy toys in the office starts getting too clingy, Allison pretends sends him to be this in order to seduce Jim. Imagine his surprise when he realized it was just an act.
the Montreal office.
*TheSmurfettePrinciple: SexyBacklessOutfit: Allison is wears one to her party.
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* AllAmazonsWantHercules: The film was marketed this way, especially in the trailer which shows a woman's silhouette (presumably Allison's) kneeling before that of a man's (presumably Jim's) standing silhouette.
* BestHerToBedHer: Subverted, at least in the beginning. Allison claims to want a "real man", but this is clearly a desire for an ''equal'', not a superior.
* {{Chickification}}: A particularly extreme example. The final reels show Allison Drake as a changed woman, [[spoiler: giving her company to Jim and proclaiming that she will stay home to have nine kids.]]
* ChickFlick: Averted. In the pre-Code era, there wasn't a distinction between "women's pictures" and "the movies", like there is now. Women were actually box office gold at that time.
* DistractedByTheLuxury: A very interesting gender-flipped example. Allison herself is very wealthy and has a very decadent mansion, so she's not only used to luxury, she's more or less numb to it. It's the ''men'' she seduces who are distracted and drawn by the glamour; her assistant, Pettigrew even lampshades it at one point.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Averted. Allison likes men [[AllWomenAreLustful very much]], but likes them decidedly less when they disappoint her by bringing their personal issues into the office.
* DoubleStandard
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Subverted.
* IceQueen: Allison's business persona.
* NaughtyByNight
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Technically how Allison got the company, though to her credit, she does a damn good job of running it.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Subverted. Allison switches gears between her business persona and her seductress persona, scrambling the men's perception of her.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Jim Thorne pretty much spelled it out with "I'm a man, and I prefer to do my own hunting."
* ReallyGetsAround
* TheIngenue: Allison pretends to be this in order to seduce Jim. Imagine his surprise when he realized it was just an act.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Allison is the only non-secretarial female we see in the whole film.
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!!Examples:
* AllAmazonsWantHercules: The film was marketed this way, especially in the trailer which shows a woman's silhouette (presumably Allison's) kneeling before that of a man's (presumably Jim's) standing silhouette.
* BestHerToBedHer: Subverted, at least in the beginning. Allison claims to want a "real man", but this is clearly a desire for an ''equal'', not a superior.
* {{Chickification}}: A particularly extreme example. The final reels show Allison Drake as a changed woman, [[spoiler: giving her company to Jim and proclaiming that she will stay home to have nine kids.]]
* ChickFlick: Averted. In the pre-Code era, there wasn't a distinction between "women's pictures" and "the movies", like there is now. Women were actually box office gold at that time.
* DistractedByTheLuxury: A very interesting gender-flipped example. Allison herself is very wealthy and has a very decadent mansion, so she's not only used to luxury, she's more or less numb to it. It's the ''men'' she seduces who are distracted and drawn by the glamour; her assistant, Pettigrew even lampshades it at one point.
* DoesNotLikeMen: Averted. Allison likes men [[AllWomenAreLustful very much]], but likes them decidedly less when they disappoint her by bringing their personal issues into the office.
* DoubleStandard
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Subverted.
* IceQueen: Allison's business persona.
* NaughtyByNight
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Technically how Allison got the company, though to her credit, she does a damn good job of running it.
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Subverted. Allison switches gears between her business persona and her seductress persona, scrambling the men's perception of her.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Jim Thorne pretty much spelled it out with "I'm a man, and I prefer to do my own hunting."
* ReallyGetsAround
* TheIngenue: Allison pretends to be this in order to seduce Jim. Imagine his surprise when he realized it was just an act.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Allison is the only non-secretarial female we see in the whole film.
