Woman'S World [DVD]

Forced to fill the position of CEO of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is essential to her husband's success, automobile industry magnate Ernest Gifford (Clifton Webb) takes three couples to New York to subdue them. evaluation: Jerry (Van Heflin) and Carol (Arlene Dahl), he determined and independent, she willing to use her beauty to boost her husband's career; Sid (Fred MacMurray) and Elizabeth (Lauren Bacall), he mortified by an ulcer and with his heart divided between achieving success and saving his marriage, she convinced that work will kill him but encouraged by the loyalty she professes to play the role of good wife as long as necessary; and the simple, practical Bill (Cornel Wilde), whose kind wife Katie (June Allyson) fears that his promotion will spell the end of their idyllic family relationship. All three men seem equally qualified for the job, so Gifford will have to delve deeper into their wives' personalities and concerns to decide who is the right candidate. The effective and versatile Jean Negulesco (The Rains of Ranchipur, Daddy Long Legs, The Mermaid and the Dolphin) was commissioned to direct this sophisticated comedy in 1954 that features a select cast of actors and in which subtle feminist nuances can be seen. .