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Working Girls is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and written by Zoë Akins, based on the play Blind Mice, written by Vera Caspary and Winifred Lenihan. The film stars Judith Wood , Charles "Buddy" Rogers , Paul Lukas , Stuart Erwin , and Frances Dee .
Working Girls: Directed by Dorothy Arzner. With Judith Wood, Dorothy Hall, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Paul Lukas. Two sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house.
Feb 15, 2017 · Working Girls is a feminist film that employs a queer camp sensibility also found in Arzner’s Craig’s Wife (1936). Both films are sharp in their critique of the institution of marriage as one of the only potential avenues for female social mobility in Depression-era America.
Dec 29, 2021 · Two sisters, May, older, naive, and June, younger and worldly, arrive in New York straight from the country and settle down in a boarding house. Their search for jobs leads them to find beaus and romantic trouble. Director: Dorothy Arzner.
Two sisters have arrived in New York straight from the country and settle down in one of those boarding houses for single women. May, the older, is a bit naive, while June, the younger, is much more worldly and world-wise.
Working Girls is a neat little pre-code tale that follows the exploits of two young sisters, Mae and June, who move to the city, get jobs, meet men and start dating. Directed by Dorothy Arzner, it is a progressive for the time (though heightened for cinematic impact) look at what balancing work and dating looked like for modern working class ...
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed, innocent and beautiful Mae Thorpe, and her sister June, also beautiful but more streetwise, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
