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A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.
Keywords
texas
career woman
sexism
dressmaker
paternalism
fashion designer
oil
big business
fashion
misogyny
fashion show
evening gown
male domination
oil men
fashion showroom
businesswoman
oil boom
independent woman
working girl
career goals
coercive control
women's fashion
smart woman
Casts
Jane Wyman
Lucy Gallant
Charlton Heston
Casey Cole
Claire Trevor
Lady MacBeth
Thelma Ritter
Molly Basserman
William Demarest
Charles Madden
Wallace Ford
Gus Basserman
Gloria Talbott
Laura Wilson
Tom Helmore
Jim Wardman
Mary Field
Irma Wilson
Edith Head
Edith Head
Allan Shivers
Allan Shivers - Governor of Texas
Roscoe Ates
Clem Anderson - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
James Westerfield
Harry Wilson
Crews
Robert Parrish
Director
Margaret Cousins
Novel
Winston Miller
Writer
John Lee Mahin
Writer
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Lionel Lindon
Director of Photography
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Edith Head
Costume Design
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Van Cleave
Original Music Composer
William C. Thomas
Producer
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
William H. Pine
Producer
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Howard A. Smith
Editor
Backdrops & Posters
