{"product_id":"jungle-red-illeana-douglas-9781493093946","title":"Jungle Red!: The Making of Mgm's the Women","description":"The year 1939 produced such outstanding film classics as \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Wuthering Heights. \u003c\/i\u003eNo less critically acclaimed that year was \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e. A largely forgotten masterpiece\u003ci\u003e, The Women \u003c\/i\u003eis a glamorous but stinging satire about women forced by society to be defined by men. \u003ci\u003eJungle Red! The Making of MGM's The Women \u003c\/i\u003erestores this classic to its rightful place in Hollywood history, and its lasting legacy as a template for later female-driven projects like\u003ci\u003e Sex and The City, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.\u003c\/i\u003e Four MGM screenwriters, including a failing F. Scott Fitzgerald and an on-the-rise Donald Ogden Stewart, fought over their vision of \u003ci\u003eThe Women.\u003c\/i\u003e Jane Murfin was completing her script when Anita Loos was brought in to work with her on a new draft for George Cukor, then recently fired from\u003ci\u003e Gone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and determined to use \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e to get his career back on track. He became, as one newspaper called him, the lion tamer to the ladies. With sophisticated direction by Cukor, lavish fashions by Adrian, and gorgeous sets by Cedric Gibbons, its all-star cast was led by Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, and Joan Fontaine. Not a single male actor appeared, proving that women didn't need men to rule the box office. Gossip columns were filled with stories about fierce on-set rivalries, which proved fairly combustible, leading one columnist to refer to the set as \"a female kennel,\" with behind the scenes antics as fierce and flamboyant as the film itself. The\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e wrote, \"\u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a vitriolic masterpiece!\" Now, it's time to fall in love with \u003ci\u003eThe Women\u003c\/i\u003e all over again! In \u003ci\u003eJungle Red! The Making of MGM's The Women\u003c\/i\u003e, and using never-before-seen photographs, memos, and script notes, Douglas writes not only how the film came together, but captures how the lives of the people who made it intersected before, during and after, and how the conflicts on-set and off resulted in the greatest film ever made about women . . . by a man!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Illeana Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493093940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493093946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Illeana Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48442992328959,"sku":"9781493093946","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f61bc18-1b56-4b33-a9c3-4a91a53dd6ec.jpg?v=1777201126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jungle-red-illeana-douglas-9781493093946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}