An all-female cast in a plot-thin feature celebrating the joys of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was an unlikely UK box office smash in 1943.
Moie Charles co-adapted her own story, which Leslie Howard ‘rescued’ from the MOI for the big screen, inspired by the need to reassure the public that the ATS was a suitable environment for women of all backgrounds, and not a hotbed of sexual promiscuity.
The Gentle Sex (1943)
This unlikely UK box office smash from 1943 has a fabulous all-female cast.
- 1943 United Kingdom
- Directed by
- Leslie Howard
- Produced by
- Derrick de Marney
- Written by
- Moie Charles
- Featuring
- Joan Gates, Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood
- Running time
- 89 minutes