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ComedyRomance

What a Woman

- She started the world's greatest MAN-Hunt... AND what she got was too HOT to HANDLE

An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.

Release Date : 1943-12-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : What a Woman!

Cast

Rosalind Russell

Character Name : Carol Ainsley

Original Name : Rosalind Russell

Gender : Female

Brian Aherne

Character Name : Henry Pepper

Original Name : Brian Aherne

Gender : Male

Willard Parker

Character Name : Prof. Michael 'Mike' Cobb

Original Name : Willard Parker

Gender : Male

Alan Dinehart

Character Name : Pat O'Shea

Original Name : Alan Dinehart

Gender : Male

Edward Fielding

Character Name : Sen. Howard Ainsley

Original Name : Edward Fielding

Gender : Male

Ann Savage

Character Name : Jane Hughes

Original Name : Ann Savage

Gender : Female

Norma Varden

Character Name : Miss Timmons

Original Name : Norma Varden

Gender : Female

Douglas Wood

Character Name : Dean Alfred B. Shaeffer

Original Name : Douglas Wood

Gender : Male

Grady Sutton

Character Name : Mr. Clark

Original Name : Grady Sutton

Gender : Male

Hobart Cavanaugh

Character Name : Mailman (uncredited)

Original Name : Hobart Cavanaugh

Gender : Male

Chester Clute

Character Name : Dormitory Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Chester Clute

Gender : Male

Frank Dawson

Character Name : Ben (uncredited)

Original Name : Frank Dawson

Gender : Male

Bess Flowers

Character Name : Miss Dawson (uncredited)

Original Name : Bess Flowers

Gender : Female

Byron Foulger

Character Name : Buxton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Byron Foulger

Gender : Male

Gertrude Hoffmann

Character Name : Night Maid (uncredited)

Original Name : Gertrude Hoffmann

Gender : Female

Lilyan Irene

Character Name : Minna (uncredited)

Original Name : Lilyan Irene

Gender : Female

Ann Shoemaker

Character Name : Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Original Name : Ann Shoemaker

Gender : Female

Nella Walker

Character Name : Senator's Wife (uncredited)

Original Name : Nella Walker

Gender : Female

Shelley Winters

Character Name : Secretary (uncredited)

Original Name : Shelley Winters

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

Rosalind Russell is on super form here as "Carol", a literary agent seeking the ideal male actor for a part in her latest acquisition. After searching high and low, she decides that the best man to play the role is the man who wrote it - a rather shy and retiring, though handsome, college professor "Cobb" (Willard Parker). Whilst being pursued for an interview by the persistent "Pepper" (Brian Aherne), she has to use all her wiles and guile to convict the former to take the part and keep the latter at bay. The plot develops along pretty familiar lines, and towards the end sinks a little too much into farce for me, but the star delivers her quick-fire script with confidence and style; Parker is quite effective as the hapless academic and Aherne has a knowingly smug look on his face for much of the latter part of the film as the inevitable romance develops. It's not a great film, but there are strong characterful performances and it flies by for 90 minutes.