One of the Years Best Film Books Celebrates the Unsung Artists That Turned The Women Into a Classic

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  • "Jungle Red: The Making of MGM’s ‘The Women,'” is one of the most entertaining and enlightening books ever written on a single film.
  • Illeana Douglas’ approach is informed equally by her background as an actor (“Cape Fear,” “Grace of My Heart”) and her work as a film historian for Turner Classic Movies.
  • For Douglas, looking back at “The Women” was a way to wrestle with contemporary issues relating to women and their place in Hollywood.
In 1939, George Cukor suffered a professional blow when he was fired as the director of Gone With the Wind thanks to star Clark Gables opposition to working with the openly gay filmmaker.

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