Woman Against Woman (1938)

Woman Against Woman (1938). Woman Against Woman: Directed by Robert B. Sinclair. With Herbert Marshall, Virginia Bruce, Mary Astor, Janet Beecher. Cynthia is married to Steve and is a selfish hard woman. She decides where they will live, who they will see and even gets rid of Dora, the nanny who raised Steve and is now raising their daughter Ellen. When Steve divorce's Cynthia, even his mother is on Cynthia's side. While pleading a case in Washington, Steve meets a woman named Maris and falls for her. Maris does not know if she is going to the altar or the chopping block, but they marry and come back to his hometown. Unfortunately, Maris is the outsider, and being a small town where Cynthia and Steve grew up, everyone is Cynthia's friend and not Maris. Cynthia will use every occasion, every trick, including Ellen, to try to ruin the life that Steve has with Maris.

“I love the script of Woman Against Woman! Itu0026#39;s fresh, smart, and above all, realistic. Villains arenu0026#39;t villains, everyone has her point of view, and no one does anything that she wouldnu0026#39;t do in real life. This is not a cutesy, cavity-inducing flick that gives a happy ending to all. Itu0026#39;s a realistic look at marriage in the 1930s when divorce wasnu0026#39;t unheard of, but wasnu0026#39;t common either.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHerbert Marshall is unhappily married to Mary Astor. She wears the pants and keeps him on a very tight leash. When Herbie falls in love with Virginia Bruce, Mary declares a hissing, spitting catfight to hold onto her man. I donu0026#39;t want to tell you any more of the plot, because itu0026#39;s a very fun film to watch as it naturally unfolds, but I will say that it very nearly won a Rag Award for Edward Chodorovu0026#39;s screenplay. All three leads hold their own and bounce off each other with the practiced professionality of a stage performance, so if you like good dialogue and good acting, check out this catfight-I mean film.”