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1941 film by Robert Zigler Leonard

When Ladies Meet
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by S.K. LaurenAnita LoosLeon GordonJohn Meehan (screenwriter)
Based on _When Ladies Meet_1932 playby Rachel Crothers
Produced by Robert Z. LeonardOrville O. Dull
Starring Joan CrawfordRobert TaylorGreer GarsonHerbert Marshall
Cinematography Robert H. Planck
Edited by Robert Kern
Music by Bronislau Kaper
Productioncompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by Loew's Inc.
Release date August 29, 1941 (1941-08-29)
Running time 105 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $640,000[1]
Box office $1,846,000[1]

When Ladies Meet is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Herbert Marshall and Spring Byington.[2] The screenplay by S.K. Lauren and Anita Loos was based upon a 1932 play by Rachel Crothers. Made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, director Leonard also coproduced along with Orville O. Dull. The film was a remake of the 1933 pre-Code film of the same name, which had starred Ann Harding, Myrna Loy, Robert Montgomery and Frank Morgan in the roles played by Garson, Crawford, Taylor and Marshall.

Mary, a bestselling author, falls in love with her married publisher to the irritation of Jimmy who has long wanted her to marry him. Complications ensue when Mary encounters Clare, the wife of the man she believes she is in love with.

Howard Barnes of the New York Herald Tribune wrote: "Even when [Crawford] is wearing spectacles, she is not particularly convincing in the part."[3] According to MGM records, the film earned 1,162,000intheU.S.andCanadaand1,162,000 in the U.S. and Canada and 1,162,000intheU.S.andCanadaand684,000 in other markets, resulting in a profit of $607,000.[1]

Awards and nominations

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The film earned an Academy Award nomination for art directors Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell and Edwin B. Willis.[4]

When Ladies Meet was released on Region 1 DVD on March 23, 2009 as part of the online Warner Bros. Archive Collection.

  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Fetrow p.570
  3. ^ Quirk, Lawrence J.. The Films of Joan Crawford. The Citadel Press, 1968.
  4. ^ "NY Times: When Ladies Meet". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2008-12-14.