The Opposite Sex (1956)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

David Miller

Writers:

Clare Boothe Luce (play)
Fay Kanin (writer) ...

Release Date:

29 April 1957 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

M-G-M's FUN-FILLED GIRLIE SHOW -- WITH MUSIC! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

Kay Hilliard, a former nightclub singer, married ten years and mother of a young daughter, is informed...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Singer | Nightclub | Affair | Chorus Girl

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

June Allyson	...	Kay Hilliard
Joan Collins	...	Crystal Allen
Dolores Gray	...	Sylvia Fowler
Ann Sheridan	...	Amanda Penrose
Ann Miller	...	Gloria Dell
Leslie Nielsen	...	Steve Hilliard
Jeff Richards	...	Buck Winston
Agnes Moorehead	...	Countess D'Brion
Charlotte Greenwood	...	Lucy
Joan Blondell	...	Edith Potter
Sam Levene	...	Mike Pearl
Bill Goodwin	...	Howard Fowler
Alice Pearce	...	Olga
Barbara Jo Allen	...	Dolly DeHaven
Sandy Descher	...	Debbie Hilliard

Also Known As:

Das schwache Geschlecht (West Germany) [de]
Er kvinder sådan? (Denmark) [da]
Heikompi sukupuoli (Finland) [fi]
Oss kvinnor emellan (Sweden) [sv]
Sesso debole? (Italy) [it]
To antitheto fylo (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

USA:117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Although all the singing was intended for June Allyson, Dolores Gray performed the title song over the main credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: Toward the end where "Kay" says that she has had a year to grow claws, "Jungle Red!" She holds up her hands, but her nails are not red. When she arrives at the nightclub, still no red nails, but later - same evening, same nightclub - her nails are red.

Quotes:

Kay Hilliard: I've had a whole year to grow claws, Lexy... Jungle Red!

Movie Connections:

Version of The New Women (2001)

Soundtrack:

Young Man With a Horn

What a waste of talent! Shame on MGM

June Allyson's last MGM musical had to go back to a 40's film she starred in for its best number, though they sure tried hard to make a hit out of "Now, Baby, Now" - except Allyson isn't the sexy dancer the song called for. And Ann Miller never gets to sing or dance a step. Dolores Gray, used well in "It's Always Fair Weather" and "Kismet" (She single-handedly saves that one), gets to sing the title song over the credits, and nothing else. The useless male guest stars get half the songs and butcher them. The original script had it right - keep the guys off screen. Where was the creative talent that could have pulled the plug on this one or whipped it up into a reasonable shape?