The Gentle Sex (1943)

This unlikely UK box office smash from 1943 has a fabulous all-female cast.
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.
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