The list of cast “suggestions” for Clare Boothe’s 1936 play #TheWomen from her archive at the Library of Congress. Film actresses being considered included #LillianGish & Patricia Collinge as Mary, Jesse Royce Landis as Sylvia, and Shirley Booth as Crystal. #TCMParty #nextbook

A friend’s perspective on Carolyn Forché’s new poetry collection. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/ent... @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @carolynforche.bsky.social #otherwhere #poetry #nextbook #booksky

From the Clare Boothe Luce archive: A 1955 cast photo for the NBC broadcast of the play that inspired the #MGM film #TheWomen. NBC ensemble included #ShelleyWinters as Crystal Allen, #PauletteGoddard switching it up as Sylvia Fowler, and #NancyOlson as Peggy. #TCMParty #nextbook

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Reporters on the '39 set of THE WOMEN were captivated by #RosalindRussell's "bizarre" Surrealistic "seeing eye" dress by Adrian. "Against a fuchsia background it was trimmed with huge glass eyes...fringed with metallic lashes," the pupils hand-tinted in violet. #TCMParty #nextbook