Product Details

• Actors: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller
• Directors: David Miller
• Writers: Clare Boothe Luce, Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
• Producers: Joe Pasternak
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM/UA Home Video
• VHS Release Date: February 24, 1995
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301980727
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,634 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's In Color, There's Music and Men!, June 1, 2005

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Sallie A. Martin (OK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Opposite Sex (1956) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Opposite Sex, Starring June Allyson, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorhead, Ann Miller, Joan Collins and others make this film a hip flick. A remake from the 1939 film, The Women, starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell, the 1956 version has very noticeable, but positive differences.

First, The Opposite Sex is in color and very vibrant color. The clothes and the sets demand this. Second, there are men in this movie. In the original, you never see any men. The cast was all women. The husband cheater of Norma Shearer (who June Allyson plays) is behind the camera the entire time. This is a unique attribute, but the Opposite Sex is tantalizing for different reasons.

Both The Women and The Opposite Sex are about powerful women, and The Opposite Sex stars the most powerful women in Hollywood at the time. With a look into the high society of women, June plays Kay Hilliard a "retired" singer who is perfectly happy with her theater husband played by Leslie Neilsen. Their marriage seems perfect until she finds out through her "best friends" and some jungle red nail polish that her perfect husband is seeing another woman, an actress in one of his plays. Her mischievous friends hunt down the woman, played by Joan Collins who has plenty in store for Kay because she always gets what she wants. Kay of course is devastated and files for divorce and heads to Reno to wait for it to become finalized. There she meets Ann Miller and Agnes Moorehead who prove to be the best friends she ever had and help her to realize what is important in her life.

Throw in a little music, color and men and this "Jungle Red" movie becomes hip and fun. See these actresses in the latest fashions and hear June Allyson sing "Young Man With a Horn" which is a dedication to Harry James who makes a cameo in the movie. (You can also hear June Allyson sing this song in her younger years in the film "Two Girls and a Sailor") With song, drink and fashion The Opposite Sex was the epitome of the fifties and is a fun film to watch not only for the fun characters but the nostalgia the film brings.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes M'aam, November 15, 2002

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Carolyn Carpenter "motorkitty" (Detroit, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Opposite Sex (1956) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is one of my all time favorites---right from the first scene---"This is 5th Avenue" To the final fabulous scene in the night club. The over the top fifties fashions, the bitchy dialog, and the campy musical numbers---plus the actresses who all try to out-diva each other for Leslie Neilsen no less. I never get tired of watching this one. Yes'Ma'am. If you love colorful eye-candy, 1950's fashion at it's finest, and women dishing each other, this one is for you!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Opposite Sex is great!!!, July 24, 2002

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Kat (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Opposite Sex (1956) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's my favorite June Allyson movie next to "Little Women". I believe it is in bright Technicolor, which shows off the incredibly elaborate dresses and hairstyles. If you want to find the perfect 50s look for a retro party, then this is the movie to watch. It has great acting with plenty of comedy and original music numbers. It's full of feminine fun! Probably not a guy's movie. It's a very rare movie to buy, but not so diffecult to rent.