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The Warrior's Husband is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Elissa Landi, David Manners, and Ernest Truex. It tells the story of the Amazons, who ruled over men thanks to the sacred girdle of Diana, and Hercules who came to steal it.
The Warrior's Husband: Directed by Walter Lang. With Elissa Landi, David Manners, Ernest Truex, Lionel Belmore. In Pontus, the land of the Amazons, gender roles and natures are completely reversed: men stay at home and take care of the children and women are the strong sex, thanks to the sacred girdle of the Roman goddess Diana.
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- Comedy
- Walter Lang
- 1933-04-28
After a victorious battle, the warriors return to Pontus led by Hippolyta, their queen, and her sister Antiope, the military leader, with male prisoners as their spoils of war. Pomposia, who sells military equipment to the government, warns Hippolyta of a pending attack by the Greeks, whose men do the fighting, which surprises and shocks the queen.
- Walter Lang, R. Lesley Selander
- Elissa Landi
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing.
- Walter Lang
- Fox Film Corporation
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing.
The Warrior’s Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing.
The Warrior's Husband (1933) - Directed by Walter Lang, produced by Jesse L. Lasky and starring Elissa Landi, David Manners, Ernest Truex, Lionel Belmore, Claudia Coleman, Maude Eburne, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Catherine Hayes,and more...
